Shown with a cast-on count of 61 stitches.  

• Row 1 (RS): K2, [p2, k2] twice, [p2, k2] 10 times, p1, [k2, p2] twice, k2.
• Row 3: K2, [p2, k2] twice, k1, [p2, k2] 10 times, [k2, p2] twice, k2.
• Row 4: K2, [p2, k2] twice, k2tog, [p2, k2] 9 times, p2, k1, [k2, p2] twice, k2 (60 sts).
• Row 5: K2, [p2, k2] twice, k2, [p2, k2] 9 times, p2, [k2, p2] twice, k2.
• Row 6: K2, [p2, k2] twice, p1, [k2, p2] 9 times, k2, p1, [k2, p2] twice, k2.
• Row 7: K2, [p2, k2] twice, p2tog, [k2, p2] 9 times, k2, [k2, p2] twice, k2 (59 sts).