My adoration of back loop only stitches is no secret! I just love the way they look.

This fun asymmetrical shawl uses back and front loop only stitches to create a striking pattern of tracks throughout the design. The name was inspired by the fact that I’m so much further down the track of my design journey now and loving every minute.

The sample was made with fingering yarn and a 4 mm hook, however, the shawl can be made with any yarn and an appropriately sized hook. It is designed for those one-of-a-kind variegated skeins that fall into your stash but you have no idea what to do with.

The sample is 60 inches long along the top edge and 20 inches deep at the widest point (153 cm X 51 cm) after blocking.

Down the Track is crocheted in rows and worked from the tip across to the widest point.

Down the Track is designed to make the most use of a single skein of yarn and allow you to keep working until almost all of your yarn is used up. To this end the top and bottom edges are left unfinished. Of course, if you have two skeins so much the better!

US crochet terms are used throughout the pattern. The equivalent UK terms are referenced the table of abbreviations.

The pattern does not include charts.

Acknowledgements: My heartfelt thanks to my fantastic team of pattern testers and reviewers: Ann, Crystal, Darcy, Ruth and Sally.

I couldn’t have done it without you.