Shown with a cast-on count of 40 stitches.  

• Row 1 (RS): *K1, M1L, k2, ssk, k2, k2tog, M1R, k2, M1L, k2, ssk, k2, k2tog, M1R, k1, repeat from *.
• Rows 2, 4, 6, and 8: Purl.
• Row 3: *K1, M1L, k3, ssk, k2tog, k1, M1R, k2, M1L, k3, ssk, k2tog, k1, M1R, k1, repeat from *.
• Row 5: *K1, M1L, ssk, k2, k2tog, k2, M1R, k2, M1L, ssk, k2, k2tog, k2, M1R, k1, repeat from *.
• Row 7: *K1, M1L, k1, ssk, k2tog, k3, M1R, k2, M1L, k1, ssk, k2tog, k3, M1R, k1, repeat from *.