I am working on a sweater designed by Doris Chan, and I feel about as dense as box of rocks. I finally got the body of the sweater done after 10 or 12 false starts, a lot of tears of frustration, a modicum of cursing. Now, I'm on my 7th try at the sleeve.  She has a Ravelry group and will answer questions about her patterns, but remember the box of rocks? Well, that's how I feel about ravelry. I cannot figure out how to post to the group to even ask a question, even assuming I knew what question to ask. 
So back to it once more. I have tried writing it out step by step, diagramming it, and nothing seems to work.