Shown with a cast-on count of 12 stitches.  

• Row 1 (RS): K2, yo, p2tog, yo, p2tog, k1, [yo] twice, k2tog, knit (1 more st).
• Row 2: K9, p1, knit.
• Rows 3, 7, and 11: K2, yo, p2tog, yo, p2tog, knit.
• Rows 4 and 8: Knit.
• Row 5: K2, yo, p2tog, yo, p2tog, k1, [yo] twice, k2tog, [yo] twice, k2tog, knit (2 more sts).
• Row 6: K8, p1, k2, p1, knit.
• Row 9: K2, yo, p2tog, yo, p2tog, k1, [yo] twice, k2tog, [yo] twice, k2tog, [yo] twice, k2tog, knit (3 more sts).
• Row 10: K8, p1, k2, p1, k2, p1, knit.
• Row 12: BO 6 sts, knit (6 fewer sts).