I am retiring from knit design due to progressive arthritis. Although I will no longer provide pattern support to my patterns that are now free, my patterns are edited and most have been test knit.

Switchback Shawl is designed for a small yardage fingering-weight mini-skein package of six, combined with a full skein of a fingering-weight tonal.

My Switchback Stitch openwork 2-row pattern has a video tutorial link and written instructions.

Materials
Fingering-weight yarn: 65 yds/59 m in each of 6 colorways PLUS tonal 360 yds/329 m in MC
Shown in:
Phydeaux Down Hand Dyed Winter Speckled Rainbow MCN (6 skeins 70 yds/64 m each; 420 yds/384 m total, 80% superwash merino, 10% cashmere and 10% nylon) – 1 package
Phydeaux Down Hand Dyed (435 yds/398 m; 3.52 oz/100 g; 80% superwash merino, 10% cashmere, 10% nylon) colorway: Boudicca – 1 skein

NOTE: the shawl pictured by donyonna uses double the yardage of 3 CCs and a skein of main color.

Gauge
Garter stitch before blocking: 24 sts and 50 rows=4”/10 cm Garter stitch after blocking: 23 sts and 36 rows=4”/10 cm Take time to check gauge.

Needles
US 5 (3.75 mm) 16”/40 cm and 32”/ 80 cm circular needle or size needed for gauge