Shown with a cast-on count of 9 stitches.  

• Row 1 (RS): K3, [k2tog, yo] twice, k1, yo, k1 (10 sts).
• Rows 2 and 10: [K1, p1] 3 times, k4.
• Row 3: K2, [k2tog, yo] twice, k3, yo, k1 (11 sts).
• Rows 4 and 8: K1, p1, k3, p1, k1, p1, k3.
• Row 5: K1, [k2tog, yo] twice, k5, yo, k1 (12 sts).
• Row 6: K1, p1, k5, p1, k1, p1, k2.
• Row 7: K3, [k2tog, yo] twice, k1, k2tog, yo, k2tog (11 sts).
• Row 9: K4, yo, k2tog, yo, k3tog, yo, k2tog (10 sts).
• Row 11: K5, yo, k3tog, yo, k2tog (9 sts).
• Row 12: [K1, p1] twice, k5.