• CO 17 STS
• Row 1: *K5, YO, K2TOG, K1* K1
• Row 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12: *P*
• Row 3: *K3, K2TOG TBL, YO, K1, YO, K2TOG* K1
• Row 5: K1 *K1, K2TOG TBL, YO, K3, YO, K2TOG*
• Row 7: *YO, K2TOG TBL, return stitch to left needle, pass next stitch over it and put the stitch back on the right needle, YO, K5* K1
• Row 9: *K1, KFB, K6* K1 (increase 1 stitch per repeat)
• Row 11: *K2TOG, K4, YO, K2TOG, K1* K1 (decrease 1 stitch per repeat, so you’re back to your original number of STS you CO.)
• Repeat Rows 3 – 12 until desired length

Abbreviations

• *– * – repeat between asterisks
• CO – cast-on (long-tail cast-on method)
• K – knit stitches (example: K1 means to knit 1 stitch)
• K2TOG – knit 2 stitches together
• K2TOG TBL – knit 2 together, through the back loop
• KFB – knit the stitch, before slipping off, knit another stitch into the back of the same stitch, slip to right needle
• P2TOG – purl 2 together
• P – purl stitches (example: P2 means to purl 2 stitches)
• STS – stitches
• YO – yarn over