Shown with a cast-on count of 12 stitches.  

• Row 1 (RS): Yo, k2tog, k2, yo, ssk, k2, yo, ssk, yo, k2 (13 sts).
• Row 2: K2, yo, k2tog, yo, k2, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k3 (14 sts).
• Row 3: Yo, k2tog, k2, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k2, yo, ssk, yo, k2 (15 sts).
• Row 4: K2, yo, k2tog, yo, k2, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k3 (16 sts).
• Row 5: Yo, k2tog, k1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k2, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k2tog, k1 (15 sts).
• Row 6: K1, ssk, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k2, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k2 (14 sts).