Fire Circle by Simone Kereit

Fire Circle

Knitting
May 2017
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 3 - 3.25 mm
640 - 660 yards (585 - 604 m)
English
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Asymmetric triangle shawl in a gradient of shifting colors. Make yours like the firelight it’s inspired by, or perhaps in blue tones like waterfall mist, or the faded greens of receding hills and mountain ranges! Whatever your flavor, you’ll need one contrast color to offset your 5 hues and off you go!

Pattern is both charted and fully written.

Silk Road
The fire’s circle draws us in,
And minds drift off to places unseen.
Dark glints a spark in a stranger’s eye,
As pine sap sends the flames up high,
And sparks fly up from timbers wet.
We settle in and soon forget
When flames were high as strangers we met.

Huddled close as flames grow dim,
Warmth spreads through body, foot and limb.
Wrapped in our blankets and in shawls,
The fire’s magic gets to us all.

By campfire light the stories told
Are still the same as ‘n days of old.
Of mystery and half seen wonder,
Great deeds, Adventure and Treasure plundered
By evil thieves in dark of night,
Risky escapes by candle light,
Of trial, hardship, and battles fought
There’s magic here, my last conscious thought
As I fade off into sleep’s embrace
Strangers to friends with fire’s grace.


Yarn
Wonderland Yarns Cheshire Cat 5 skein gradient set,
(100% Superwash Merino wool; 128 yards / 117 m per 1 oz skein; 640 yards / 586 m per 5 skein gradient set)
plus 1 contrast color 128 yard mini skein
OR Fingering weight yarn in 6 colors, about 120 yards / 110 meters each

Sample in Firelight’s Ruddy Glow and Brown (CC)

Needles
US 4 (3.5 mm) 32”/ 80 cm circular needle, or size to obtain gauge

Gauge
24 st and 28 rows = 4” / 10 cm in stockinette st

Finished Size
71”/ 180 cm long edge, 23”/ 58 cm depth

Notions
Tapestry needle