Bella's mittens

So I found a pattern for Bella's mittens from Twilight.  Apparently I am not the only person who loves them.  I was almost done when Ben pulled out all my DPNs–on a cable row.  I put everything back on but I couldn't get one of the stitches that dropped down a few rows  back on.  It was too tight.  So I ripped back a couple of rows and now I am missing two stitches.  I don't know how this happened.  I am thinking of starting over and adding a few stitches to make them a little looser.