Shown with a cast-on count of 18 stitches.  

• Rounds 1-2: K18.
• Round 3: Yo, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, yo, ssk (19 sts).
• Rounds 4 and 6: K5, p1, k3, p1, k2, p1, k3, p1, k2.
• Round 5: Yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2tog, yo, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, yo, ssk.
• Round 7: K1, yo, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, yo, ssk (20 sts).
• Rounds 8 and 10: K6, p1, k3, p1, k2, p1, k3, p1, k2.
• Round 9: K1, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2tog, yo, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, yo, ssk, k2tog, yo, yo, ssk.