Shown with a cast-on count of 9 stitches.  

• Row 1 (RS): M1L, [k2tog, yo] 3 times, k2tog, k1.
• Row 2: P8, knit, M1L (10 sts).
• Rows 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 21, 23, 25, and 27: M1L, knit to last 9 sts, [k2tog, yo] 3 times, k2tog, k1.
• Row 4: P8, knit, M1L (11 sts).
• Row 6: P8, knit, M1L (12 sts).
• Rows 8, 10, 12, 20, 22, 24, 26, and 34: P8, knit, M1L (1 more st).
• Rows 14, 16, 18, 28, 30, and 32: P8, purl, M1L (1 more st).
• Rows 15, 19, and 31: M1L, k1, *k2tog, yo, repeat from * to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1.
• Rows 17, 29, and 33: M1L, *k2tog, yo, repeat from * to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1.
• Repeat rows 7-34.