Shown with a cast-on count of 40 stitches.  

• Row 1 (RS): *K1, yo, k2tog, k2, 1/1 RC, k1, ssk, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, ssk, k2, ssk, yo, repeat from *.
• Rows 2, 4, 6, and 8: Purl.
• Row 3: *[Yo, ssk] twice, k3, k2tog, yo, k1, [yo, ssk] twice, k1, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k1, repeat from *.
• Row 5: *Yo, k2tog, k2, k2tog, yo, k1, ssk, yo, k1, yo, k2tog, k1, 1/1 LC, k2, ssk, yo, k1, repeat from *.
• Row 7: *K1, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, k1, [k2tog, yo] twice, k1, yo, ssk, k3, [k2tog, yo] twice, repeat from *.