Kindled pays homage to those special friendships; the friends that you’ve had forever. You may not speak or even see each other often, but when you do that friendship picks up where it left off; it’s immediately kindled.

And you’ll feel the same way about this shawl. Pick it up, put it down, pick it up again and you’ll delight in the effortless familiarity. The easy lace stitch pattern and simple garter stripes in a familiar shaping make for a knit that keeps your interest piqued without crushing your confidence. It’s a mindful knit. It’s a knit for those busy times. It’s a comfort knit.

Kindled is an asymmetrical triangular-shaped shawl worked in garter, stripes and simple lace; perfect for using up mini skeins and left over odds and ends.

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Construction:
This is an asymmetrical shawl worked from edge to edge. It begins with a small number of stitches. Increases and decreases are used to create the shape of the shawl as it expands in width.

Sizing:
One size.
Approximately 95¼”/242cm x 39½”/100cm x 61”/155cm

Skill Level:
Easy to Intermediate

Techniques used:
Knit and purl
Increasing and decreasing
Working from charts
Lace

Yarn Requirements:
• Circus Tonic Handmade Fiesta Fingering/4 ply (100% Australian Superwash Merino; 393yd360m/100g) – 1 skein

• Circus Tonic Handmade Fireworks Sparkle Sock Fingering/4 ply (75% merino/20% nylon/5% sparkle; 437yd400m/100g) – mini skeins set contains 7 x 87yd80m/20g mini-skeins.

• OR fingering weight yarn in Main Colour 393yd/360m,
Contrast Colour 1: 15yd/14m,
Contrast Colour 2: 30yd/28m,
Contrast Colour 3: 45yd/41m,
Contrast Colour 4: 60yd/55m,
Contrast Colour 5: 75yd/69m,
Contrast Colour 6: 80yd/73m,
Contrast Colour 7: 87yd/80m

Original yarn used for the MC is a superwash merino with a 4ply structure, and the CCs are sparkle superwash yarns with a 2ply structure.

Yardage is approximate and may vary depending on your knitting style and yarn selection.

Sample uses Circus Tonic Handmade in ‘Sabine’s Gull’ as the Main Colour and Gradient Esplanade Fingering (discontinued) in ‘Colour Me Happy’ mini-skein set as the Contrast Colours.

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