Jettison (verb): to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision

Have you ever knit something out of several different colors of yarn only to “jettison” many half-skeins of multiple colors left over at the end? That’s what happened to me after a well-known chevroned shlanket mystery knit along last year. The pattern name rhymes with “Darting Joint;” I’m sure many of you know the piece. Lovely, huge, but the leftovers… ACK! I had 22g, 21g, 58g, and 41g left of four different colors of fingering weight yarn (plus a fifth that was a slightly different color family), and I reeeeeally didn’t want to undertake a scrappy blanket. I wrote a pattern to use these colors as contrast colors along with another random lace weight yarn from my stash, held double, for the last contrast color, and a nice neutral skein for a main color base. You could also knit this shawl with one full skein in a monochrome (as a shawlette), or with two whole skeins alternating colors, or with any number of contrast colors, like a gradient kit, with a coordinating base. Be creative!

Yarn used:
For my version (7 total color repeats plus the bindoff), I used:
MC (gray) - Shibui Birch in Ash, 262yd (239m)/50g skein (entire skein)
CC1 (blue, 1.5 repeats) - Skeinny Dipping Merino Single in Underbelly, 475yd (434m)/114g (used 21g)
CC2 (teal, 2 repeats) - Skeinny Dipping Merino Single in Scarab, 475yd (434m)/114g (used 41g)
CC3 (pink, 2 repeats) - Skeinny Dipping Merino Single in Frostbite, 475yd (434m)/114g (used 50g)
CC4 (purple, 1.5 repeats) - Malabrigo Lace in Purple Mystery, 470yd (430m)/50g (used 40g to supplement CC1)
Total yarn weight: approximately 200g (900-1000yd/830-920m)
Finished size (after blocking): 6ft/1.8m long edge x 3ft/0.9m tall (perpendicular to long edge)

Gauge:
Gauge is not critical for this project - my working knitting philosophy was “knit until the yarn is gone.” I am a tight English knitter, and my gauge was 26 stitches/42 rows per 4” x 4” (10cm x 10cm) in stockinette stitch, before blocking, on a US5 (3.75mm) 40” circular needle. You may want to go down a needle size, especially if you are a loose/continental knitter.