This design began over a decade ago as half of a sweater: Make two halves, button them together, and you end up with a whole sweater. It was a project inspired by M.C. Escher’s Metamorphosis Period in which simple black and white images slowly transformed into different images through tiny changes at each interval. In this reincarnation my design wanted to be a skirt. Checkerboard squares at the hem slowly transform into smaller and smaller squares, fading away at the waistband.

Finished Sizes
All sizes assume 6” distance between the natural waist and full hip. Waist measurements are 10” less than the hip measurements as stated below, which assume 0” - 1” of ease. Length from waistband to hem is 25.75”.

Finished Waist Measurement:
22.5 (25, 30, 35, 37.5, 42.5, 45, 50)”

Finished Hip Measurement:
32.5 (35, 40, 45, 47.5, 52.5, 55, 60)”

Yarn
Sample was made with Trendsetter Yarns Merino VI in colors #8772 Burnt Rust (A) and #269 Aquamarine (B).
650 (700, 800, 900, 950, 1050, 1100, 1200) yds in color A - DK weight
550 (575, 675, 750, 800, 875, 925, 1025) yds in color B - DK weight

Needles
4.0 mm (US #6) 24” circular needle
3.5 mm (US #4) 24” circular needle

Notions
2 Stitch Markers
23 (26, 31, 36, 38, 43, 46, 51)” of 1” Non-roll Elastic
2 Safety Pins
Needle and Thread

Gauge
25.5 sts and 28.5 rnds = 10 cm (4”) in Small
Checkerboard pattern (Rnds 59 - 64 of Metamorph Chart)

Skills Required
• Strong familiarity with working in the round
• Provisional Cast-On
• Familiarity with increasing in pattern
• Working stranded knitting in the round

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