for boy

Row 1: knit stitches;
Row 2 and all even rows: purl stitches;
Row 3: cross 3x3 knitwise to the left: slip 3 stitches onto an auxiliary needle and hold in front of the work, knit 3 stitches, knit 3 stitches from the auxiliary needle; 6 knit stitches *
Row 5: as Row 1;
Row 7: knit stitches, cross 3x3 knitwise to the right: slip 3 stitches onto an auxiliary needle and hold behind the work, knit 3 stitches, knit 3 stitches from the auxiliary needle;
Row 9: repeat from Row 1;