Shown with a cast-on count of 33 stitches.  

• Row 9 (WS): *K2, p2, repeat from * to last st, k1.
• Row 10: P1, p1, k1, k2tog, k1, k2tog, k2, p2tog, p1, k2tog, k2, k2tog, p2, k2tog, k1, k2tog, k2, k2tog, p1, p2tog (24 sts).
• Rows 12, 20, and 28 (RS): P2, k6, p2, 2/2 RC, p2, k6, p2.
• Rows 14, 16, 22, 24, 26, and 32 (RS): P2, k6, p2, k4, p2, k6, p2.
• Rows 18 and 30 (RS): P2, 3/3 LC, p2, k4, p2, 3/3 LC, p2.