Shown with a cast-on count of 27 stitches.  

• Row 1 (RS): *K1, p1, ssk, yo, k7, yo, k2tog, repeat from * to last st, k1.
• Rows 2, 4, 6, and 8: Purl.
• Row 3: *K2, p1, ssk, yo, k5, yo, k2tog, p1, repeat from * to last st, k1.
• Row 5: *K3, p1, ssk, yo, k3, yo, k2tog, p1, k1, repeat from * to last st, k1.
• Row 7: *K2, p1, [ssk, yo] twice, k1, [yo, k2tog] twice, p1, repeat from * to last st, k1.