Knitting off your stitches if you can't crochet

From "Traditional Lace Knitting" by Furze Hewitt.

This ingenious finish fits most neatly on a multiple of 4 plus 2 stitches. After the set-up row (row 9) repeat rows 10 and 11, finishing on a wrong-side row before the final cast-off.

I suggest that changing the second k2tog in the odd rows to ssk might give a neater effect.

Since posting this I noticed that Jared Flood uses it to finish his well-known version of the Hemlock Ring pattern. It works well with thick yarn.

BTW, I can crochet!

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Shown with a cast-on count of 26 stitches.  

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1 2 3 4 5 Horizontal repeats

1 2 3 4 5 Vertical repeats

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• Rows 1, 3, 5, and 7 (RS): K26.
• Rows 2, 4, 6, and 8: Purl.
• Row 9: K1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, turn (4 sts).
• Rows 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, and 20: P1, 1-to-5 inc, p1, sl1 wyif, turn (8 sts).
• Rows 11, 13, 15, 17, and 19: BO 7 sts, k2tog, yo, k2tog, turn (4 sts).
• Row 101: BO 8 sts (1 st).