I was gifted two skeins of the lovely Malabrigo yarn in a secret pal exchange. I wanted to make something from them that used every inch of the yarn, I didn’t want to waste a bit. After discussing options with my friends in the RavelryHelp Chat room, I decided (with their encouragement) to design a pattern that used as much of the yarn as I could with no waste. This was the birth of the “In the Middle” Shrug. (Thanks Guys!) I have used an Open Twisted Rib stitch pattern that makes it very stretchy and pretty much one size fits all. I can wear this and I’m a size 16, and so can my daughter who is a size 5. If you need to size up or down, you can remove or add stitches in a multiple of 5.