Shown with a cast-on count of 161 stitches.  

• Row 161 (RS): Yo, *k2tog, yo, repeat from * to last st, k1 (162 sts).
• Row 162: Yo, k162 (163 sts).
• Row 163: Yo, k1, *k2tog, yo, repeat from * (164 sts).
• Row 164: Yo, k164 (165 sts).
• Row 165: Yo, *k2tog, yo, repeat from * to last st, k1 (166 sts).
• Row 166: Yo, k166 (167 sts).
• Row 167: Yo, k1, *k2tog, yo, repeat from * (168 sts).
• Row 168: Yo, k168 (169 sts).
• Row 169: Yo, *k2tog, yo, repeat from * to last st, k1 (170 sts).
• Row 170: Yo, k170 (171 sts).
• Row 171: Yo, k1, *k2tog, yo, repeat from * (172 sts).
• Row 172: Yo, k172 (173 sts).
• Row 173: Yo, *k2tog, yo, repeat from * to last st, k1 (174 sts).
• Row 174: Yo, k174 (175 sts).
• Row 175: Yo, k1, *k2tog, yo, repeat from * (176 sts).
• Row 176: Yo, k176 (177 sts).
• Rows 177, 179, and 181: P1, *k1, [k1, yo] 3 times, [ssk] 3 times, p1, [k2tog] 3 times, [yo, k1] 3 times, k1, p1, repeat from *.
• Rows 178, 180, and 182: K177.