Shown with a cast-on count of 35 stitches.  

• Row 14 (RS): K2, p31, k2.
• Row 15: K2, *[yo, k3, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso] twice, yo, k3, yo, k1, repeat from * to last st, k1 (39 sts).
• Rows 16, 18, and 20: K2, purl to last 2 sts, k2.
• Row 17: K2, *yo, k3, [k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k1] twice, k2, yo, k1, repeat from * to last st, k1 (43 sts).
• Row 19: K2, *yo, k1, ssk, k1, [k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k1] twice, k2tog, [yo, k1] twice, repeat from * to last st, k1 (45 sts).