Help with Tropicana Socks updated....

The short row heel on the Tropicana Sock has got me stumped! Okay, maybe I haven't put enough effort into reading & understanding the directions yet ... but dam, it's too hot to muddle thru without some help and advice from the more experienced knitters out there. So is there anyone out that that can help explain these directions too me?

Directions are written as ...
Heel (short row heel over 28 sts):
K the 28 sts on needle 1. Turn, make a *srpo as described [below]. Put srpo onto spare needle. P 27. Turn, make a srpo as described above. Put srpo onto spare needle. *K to the end of row, turn, make a srpo, put srpo onto spare needle, p to the end of row, turn, make a srpo, put srpo onto spare needle.* Repeat until 9 sts are left on main needle, work one round over all sts (55). K across sts on main needle, k1 from spare needle,*turn, srpo, p across main needle, p one from spare needle, turn, srpo,* k sts of main needle including srpo st (double st worked as one), k1 from spare needle*, turn, srpo, p across main needle, p srpo double st as one, p one from spare needle, turn, srpo,*. Repeat * to * until all sts from spare needles have been worked. You should now have as many stitches as you cast on (55).

*srpo = sl st to right hand needle with yarn in front, then pull yarn over the needle – st looks now as if there are two sts, you are not making a yarn over, you just pull it to the back! = srpo double stitch. This double stitch is always knit/purled together as one st. Do not make increases!

One question is: After 9 sts are left on the main needle it says to work one round over all sts (55) ... huh? Is this a mistake? My 2nd question: Directions say K across sts on main needle, k1 from spare needle ... so is that one whole srpo [double stitch]? Or just one strand of this srpo? Or was there suppose to be a unworked knit stitch in there? ... *turn, srpo, p across main needle, p one from spare needle, turn, srpo, ... I did a few rows this way, but it sure doesn't look right!

I'm hoping that someone will explain it to my bumbling brain!

Note: A member of our M.I.T. Stitch & Bitch group suggested I try the blue blog pattern short row tutorial. Which I did over the weekend & will show you the results in the next post.


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