Shown with a cast-on count of 18 stitches.  

• Rounds 1, 5, and 9: Yo, k4, ssk, k6, k2tog, k4, yo.
• Rounds 2, 6, and 10: K1, yo, k4, ssk, k4, k2tog, k4, yo, k1.
• Rounds 3, 7, and 11: K2, yo, k4, ssk, k2, k2tog, k4, yo, k2.
• Rounds 4, 8, and 12: K3, yo, k4, ssk, k2tog, k4, yo, k3.
• Rounds 13, 15, 17, 19, and 21: K3, k2tog, yo, k2, k2tog, yo, k2, k2tog, yo, k2, k3.
• Rounds 14, 16, 18, 20, and 22: K3, k2, yo, ssk, k2, yo, ssk, k2, yo, ssk, k3.