Shown with a cast-on count of 18 stitches.  

• Rounds 1 and 7-8: Knit.
• Round 2: K2, yo, [ssk] twice, k1, yo, k2tog, k1, ssk, yo, k1, [k2tog] twice, yo, k1 (16 sts).
• Round 3: K3, ssk, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k1, yo, k2tog, k2.
• Round 4: K1, ssk, [yo] twice, ssk, k1, yo, k2tog, k1, ssk, yo, k1, k2tog, [yo] twice, k2tog.
• Round 5: K1, ssk, yo, k2, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, k2, yo, k2tog.
• Round 6: [K2, ssk, yo, k2, yo, k2tog] twice.