Short rows

I was always under the impression I had a firm grasp of short rows.  They're a means of adding shaping to a piece that is being worked flat.  I've done the Calorimetry headband before and that was a success.  But for some reason I can't figure out the shawl collar for the Rockefeller Sweater.  It's the final step in completing the sweater and it's driving me nuts.  The pattern doesn't make sense to me.  The part that it wants me to work on after the turn is going in the wrong direction and doesn't seem to work the area where the shawl collar is meant to appear.  So, I put it aside last week but now it's cold and rainy here and I want to wear the sweater.  Maybe after this paper is finished I'll try again.  Grr.