My first cardigan - part 2 - unhelpful instructions for beginners

I guess I should have expected it, but, every now and then I have run into some instructions which while I am sure the pro knitters out there can handle without a second thought have left me going down some very wrong routes. The latest example was when I got up to the ribbing and the instructions read:

K1, *p1, k1; reapeat from* to end. Cont in rib as established for 24 rows.

To the novice, this reads like you continue the exact pattern for 24 rows, which I started to do, and after three rows realised I was producing a seed stitch and not a rib. So I had to do a little research to realise that what I actually needed to do was:

K1, *p1, k1; reapeat from* to end. Next row P1, *k1, p1; repeat from * to end.

Seed Stitch

Ribbing

I guess I have to put it all down to the learning experience, but I am pleased I looked carefully at the pictures first, so had an idea of what each stitch needed to look like before beginning, otherwise I could have had a disaster on my hands!

Anyone else ever come across instructions that make no sense to a beginner?