Shown with a cast-on count of 53 stitches.  

• Row 1 (RS): P1, p2tog, p2, [ssp, yo, p1] 8 times, p19, ssp, ssp, p1 (50 sts).
• Row 2: K1, ssk, ssk, ssk, k40, k2tog, k1 (46 sts).
• Row 3: P1, p2tog, p36, ssp, ssp, ssp, p1 (42 sts).
• Row 4: K1, ssk, ssk, ssk, ssk, k30, k2tog, k1 (37 sts).
• Row 5: P1, p2tog, p25, ssp, ssp, ssp, ssp, p1 (32 sts).