Shown with a cast-on count of 48 stitches.  

• Row 0 (RS): K48.
• Rows 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, and 31: K4, purl to last 4 sts, k4.
• Row 2: K5, ssk, knit to last 7 sts, k2tog, k5 (46 sts).
• Row 4: K5, ssk, knit to last 7 sts, k2tog, k5 (44 sts).
• Row 6: K5, ssk, knit to last 7 sts, k2tog, k5 (42 sts).
• Row 8: K5, ssk, knit to last 7 sts, k2tog, k5 (40 sts).
• Row 10: K5, ssk, knit to last 7 sts, k2tog, k5 (38 sts).
• Row 12: K5, ssk, knit to last 7 sts, k2tog, k5 (36 sts).
• Row 14: K5, ssk, knit to last 7 sts, k2tog, k5 (34 sts).
• Row 16: K5, ssk, knit to last 7 sts, k2tog, k5 (32 sts).
• Row 18: K5, ssk, knit to last 7 sts, k2tog, k5 (30 sts).
• Row 20: K5, ssk, knit to last 7 sts, k2tog, k5 (28 sts).
• Row 22: K5, ssk, knit to last 7 sts, k2tog, k5 (26 sts).
• Row 24: K5, ssk, knit to last 7 sts, k2tog, k5 (24 sts).
• Row 26: K5, ssk, knit to last 7 sts, k2tog, k5 (22 sts).
• Row 28: K5, ssk, knit to last 7 sts, k2tog, k5 (20 sts).
• Row 30: K5, ssk, knit to last 7 sts, k2tog, k5 (18 sts).
• Row 32: K5, ssk, knit to last 7 sts, k2tog, k5 (16 sts).
• Rows 33, 35, and 37: Knit.
• Rows 34 and 36: Knit.