Shown with a cast-on count of 6 stitches.  

• Round 1: K6.
• Round 2: P1, k5.
• Round 3: P1, k2, yo, knit to last 2 sts, yo, k2 (8 sts).
• Round 4: P1, k7.
• Round 5: P1, ssk, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, k2tog (10 sts).
• Round 6: P1, k9.
• Round 7: P1, ssk, yo, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, yo, ssk (12 sts).
• Rounds 8 and 10: Purl to last 11 sts, k11.
• Round 9: Purl to last 11 sts, ssk, yo, k2, k2, [yo] twice, k3, yo, k2tog (14 sts).