left leaning border

attempt to make sense of a book pattern whose row counts don't add up

Shown with a cast-on count of 6 stitches.   Getting chart...

  • Row 1 (RS): K2, yo, k1, yo, k3 (8 sts).
  • Row 2: K1, kfb, p6 (9 sts).
  • Row 3: K3, yo, k1, yo, k2, p1, k2 (11 sts).
  • Row 4: K2, kfb, p8 (12 sts).
  • Row 5: K4, yo, k1, yo, k3, p2, k2 (14 sts).
  • Row 6: K3, kfb, p10 (15 sts).
  • Row 7: K1, ssk, k5, k2tog, p3, k2 (13 sts).
  • Row 8: K3, p1, kfb, p8 (14 sts).
  • Row 9: K1, ssk, k3, k2tog, p2, k1, p1, k2 (12 sts).
  • Row 10: K3, p1, k1, kfb, p6 (13 sts).
  • Row 11: K1, ssk, k1, k2tog, p3, k1, p1, k2 (11 sts).
  • Row 12: K3, p1, k2, kfb, p4 (12 sts).
  • Row 13: K1, sl2-k1-p2sso, p4, k1, p1, k2 (10 sts).
  • Row 14: K3, p1, k1, BO 2 sts, ssk (7 sts).