How to knit the Easy Pattern:
Work with a multiple of 2 stitches + 2 edge stitches.
Cast on 12 stitches (2 stitches 5 times + 2 edge stitches) and work according to chart.
The chart shows Right Side rows and Wrong Side rows.
The numbers at right edge of chart indicate Right Side rows, and at left edge Wrong Side rows.
Read Right Side rows from right to left, Wrong Side rows from left to right.
The pattern repeat = 2 stitches wide.
Abbreviation:
k: Knit
k2tog: knit 2 stitches together as one
Written Pattern:
Row 1 (wrong side): knit all stitches.
Row 2 (right side): edge st, [k1, with the left needle pick up the stitch below and place it onto the right needle], k1 *; repeat from * to *; edge st.
Row 3: edge st, * k1, k2tog *; repeat from * to *; edge st.
Row 4: edge st, k1, * [k1, with the left needle pick up the stitch below and place it onto the right needle], k1 *; repeat from * to *; [k1, with the left needle pick up the stitch below and place it onto the right needle], edge st.
Row 5: edge st, k2tog, * k1, k2tog *; repeat from * to *; k1, edge st.
Work rows 1-5 once, then repeat rows 2-5 throughout.