We can knit anything 2 rows per day!

Week 1

Day 1

Take larger needles and cast on 425 stitches using the knitted cast-on method (https://pattern-duchess.com/knitted-cast-on/). 
To make the process easier I would recommend you to place markers on the cast-on row as follows (this is only for the cast on and won’t make sense for the pattern, but you might find it useful to use the center marker and markers for the edges): 
3 / 42 / 42 / 42 / 42 / 42 (centre marker) 42 / 42 / 42 / 42 / 42 / 2

Now take smaller needles, and work as follows:

Row 1 (RS): sl st, p1, k to last 2 sts, p2; (425 sts) 
Row 2 (WS): sl st, k to end;

Take the cast-on process slowly. Don’t hurry, take your time. Count your stitches many times to be sure you have the correct amount. If you have a few stitches too many or a few stitches too short (like below 5), don’t frog. Just knit some of them together or pick some up. If you have more than 5 stitch error then I’m afraid you need to start all over again.

Day 2

Row 3 (RS): sl st, yo, p1, k2tog, (k5, yo, k1, yo, k5, sk2p) x 29 times, k5, yo, k1, yo, k5, skp, p1, yo, p1; (427 sts) 
Row 4 (WS): sl st, k to end;

Day 3

Row 5 (RS): sl st, yo, p2, k2tog, (k4, yo, N, k1, N, yo, k4, sk2p) x 29 times, k4, yo, N, k1, N, yo, k4, skp, p2, yo, p1; 
(429 sts) 
Row 6 (WS): sl st, k to end;

NOTE! Usually, we will be purling the nupp stitches on the wrong side. Instructions state that the wrong side row should be knitted. Now you have a choice - you either knit those nupp loops together or you purl. 
I’m purling because I feel it’s easier for me - I can count those loops and the outcome is nicer.

EXTRA NOTE! Be careful with the yarn overs before and after nupp stitch. They tend to “get lost”. I try to remember it this way - there is a section “N, k1, N” and right before and after it should be a yarn over. Maybe that is helpful to some.

Day 4

Row 7 (RS): sl st, p3, k2tog, (k3, yo, N, k3, N, yo, k3, sk2p) x 29 times, k3, yo, N, k3, N, yo, k3, skp, p4; (429 sts) 
Row 8 (WS): sl st, k to end;

Day 5

Row 9: sl st, p3, k2tog, (k2, yo, N, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, N, yo, k2, sk2p) x 15 times, (k2, yo, N, k2, yo, skp, k1, N, yo, k2, sk2p) x 14 times, k2, yo, N, k2, yo, skp, k1, N, yo, k2, skp, p4; (429 sts) 
Row 10: sl st, k to end;

NOTE! By now, you’ll see tips of the edging forming. Once you’ve worked the 15 repeats of the first half on row 9 you arrived to the middle. Then the pattern will change slightly because the sides are beginning to mirror each other.

I didn’t want to put the markers in the middle because they get in the way. So I put the marker in the 15th tip, like this so I’ll know that the middle is around there (for me it makes the following easier and maybe this is helpful for you too):

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