Shown with a cast-on count of 12 stitches.  

• Rounds 1 and 4: Knit.
• Round 2: K2, *ssk, yo, k2tog, repeat from * to last 2 sts, k2 (multiple of 3 sts, plus 4).
• Round 3: K3, *(k1, p1) in next st, k2, repeat from * to last st, k1 (multiple of 4 sts, plus 4).
• Round 5: *K2tog, yo, ssk, repeat from * (multiple of 3 sts).
• Round 6: K1, *(k1, p1) in next st, k2, repeat from * to last 2 sts, (k1, p1) in next st, k1 (multiple of 4 sts, plus 4).