Shown with a cast-on count of 31 stitches.  

• Row 2 (RS): [Ssk] twice, *[yo, k1] 3 times, yo, k2tog, sl1-k2tog-psso, ssk, repeat from * to last 7 sts, [yo, k1] 3 times, yo, [k2tog] twice.
• Row 4: Ssk, *k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, sl1-k2tog-psso, repeat from * to last 9 sts, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, k2tog.
• Row 6: Ssk, *k2, yo, k3, yo, k2, sl1-k2tog-psso, repeat from * to last 9 sts, k2, yo, k3, yo, k2, k2tog.
• Row 8: Ssk, *k1, yo, k5, yo, k1, sl1-k2tog-psso, repeat from * to last 9 sts, k1, yo, k5, yo, k1, k2tog.