Pattern for tension:
Start with yarn A (blossom)
Row 1 - (RS) knit
Row 2 - purl
Change to yarn B
Row3 - k1, ~sl1, k1, rep from ~ to end
Row 4 - rep Row 3
Row 5 - knit
Row 6 - purl
Change to yarn A
Row 7 - ki2, sl1, ~k1, sl1, rep from ~ to end
Row 8 - p1, k1, ~sl1, k1, rep from ~ to end