Just Cast On For WICKED

I'm working from my stash and doing the mohair version - Plymouth Encore and Lane Cervinia Softer, (50% mohair, 50% acrylic) in Black (it is SKC...). Am I the only one who finds those crossover stitches like knitting yoga, only the advanced yoga where you are all pretzelled up? 3 repeats and my fingers feel like they need to hit the whirlpool. I don't knit tight, but maybe I'm doing something wrong. I skip the stitch, leave it there (on the left hand needle) knit the next stitch (to the left of the skipped one) and make sure that knitted stitch plus the unknitted skipped one end up on the righthand needle. My pics aren't showing the pattern well because of the black. Can anyone as they say, draw me a picture? Like in "What, do I need to draw you a picture?"
Donna