The Hitchhiker Beyond pattern was designed by Martina Behm. Our sample was knit in Miss Babs Yowza in the Ansel colorway, although the shawl was originally designed in Yummy 2-ply. Hey, is that a Hitchhiker? No wait, something is different… There are teeth all around your neck! And many more than 42! And it’s symmetric! How did you do that? Simple: This is not a Hitchhiker, but a Hitchhiker from a parallel universe – it’s a Hitchhiker Beyond! The toothy edge is placed on the long side of the skinny triangle (on the original Hitchhiker, it’s on one of the short sides). The triangle is almost perfectly symmetric, which some of you are sure to find very pleasing. But apart from that, the Hitchhiker Beyond shares the desirable qualities of its cousin: Garter stitch on the bias lets a pretty hand dyed multicolor shine, it is squishy and warm, and the resulting shape is easy to wear. Only one skein of colorful fingering weight yarn will make a shawlette long enough to wrap around your neck several times. And just as the Hitchhiker, the Hitchhiker Beyond is an easy knit that is suitable for beginning knitters – and for those of you who do not like casting on or casting off lots of stitches. Enjoy, relax, and have fun showing this off to your knitting friends! Are you interested in embellishing your Hitchhiker Beyond shawl with beads on the points? Jennifer has created a video tutorial demonstrating how to do this. You'll need one skein of Yowza to complete this project as shown. Choose the original colorway below − or try another color! You can purchase the pattern for Hitchhiker Beyond directly from the designer on Ravelry. This pattern may also be found on the Strickmich website. All patterns are sold separately and not included with purchase of yarn.
