Shown with a cast-on count of 8 stitches.  

• Round 1: K8.
• Round 2: [Kfb] 8 times (16 sts).
• Round 3: Knit.
• Round 4: [K1 tbl, k1 tbl, yo] 8 times (24 sts).
• Rounds 5 and 7: [K2, kfb] 8 times (32 sts).
• Rounds 6 and 8: K1, [k2tog, yo, ssk] 7 times, k2tog, k1 (24 sts).
• Round 9: [K2tog, 1-to-6 inc] 8 times (56 sts).