Adventures in Lace Knitting Part 2-1/2

Did it really take me this long (about 5 pattern repeats) into the Time Vortex section of the shawl to realize 1) it does indeed make logical sense and 2) it's worked sideways?  I think I need 1) more caffeine, 2) a remedial course in pattern recognition (or perhaps arithmetic), 3) a sabbatical.

Meanwhile, fire bad tree pretty?  Tree bad fire pretty?  Ooh, pretty!