Lost my playlists!

I have been putting together a half dozen playlists under one folder that are songs and genres I really like.Several days ago, out of nowhere, I must have zapped my folder. I am clueless on that. Now, I have Time Machine but (and here is my techno-impaired status showing) I cannot, for the life of me, conjure up that folder or playlists from several days earlier. Pul-eeze, I have almost 18 months of doing this and am almost 3/4 through my library.
Thanks!!

Kappy, I'm dying! Where is you!? Ive been surfing AD and it also seems that "lost" playlists have to do with another device. I'm just trying to restore what I lost on my MacBook. When I go into Time Machine and pull out the playlist library, then import, it just doubles my playlists. I'm scared to death to trash my current playlist and lose everything.

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Look in ./Users/Username/Music/iTunes to see if such a file exists.
Unfortunately these damaged files cannot be repaired.
iTunes tries to restore as much information as possible, but some information is lost.
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