Row 1: RS facing, K2 tog, K3, inc 1
Slide the stitches to the opposite end of the needle. Do not turn the
work; carry the working yarn across the back of the 5 sts.
Row 2: RS facing, P5. Slide the stitches to the opposite end of the needle. Do not turn work; carry the working yarn across the back of the 5 sts.
Row 3: RS facing, K5. Slide the stitches to opposite end of the needle.
Do not turn the work; carry the working yarn across the back of the
5 sts.
Repeat rows 1-3.
This can be made working every Row 3 in a darker contrasting color. Carry the unused yarn up the inside of the tube by wrapping the yarn traveling from the end of the row to the beginning around behind the yarn being carried up the tube.