From Dorothy Reade's "Decorative Panel Designs"
Dorothy Reade says that the k5tog is to be performed as follows: k2togtbl, k3tog, pass the first stitch over the second. She also uses kbf rather than kfb.
Shown with a cast-on count of 9 stitches.
1 2 3 4 5 Horizontal repeats
1 2 3 4 5 Vertical repeats
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