Balance is the longest day of the year making up for the short days of winter, and here in Vermont the June nights are short but very sweet….long lazy twilight, porch sitting, and a million fireflies. Maybe a pretty shawl to wrap around your shoulders while you’re watching them….this pattern draws its inspiration from the sun and its rays in the top section, and as the day transitions to night, the fireflies appear in the many eyelets in the dark section at the bottom.

This unisex pattern was designed with light and dark in mind – choose yarns with strong contrast, so the pattern really pops. It’s a crescent shawl. An easy knit that looks complex – it helps to have some experience with stranded colorwork and chart reading. It is knit top-down, flat, with increases at each side, and occasionally elsewhere.

Special thanks to Andrea Rangel and her wonderful book Alterknit Stitch Dictionary, the wavy pattern is drawn from the flame pattern described in the book (it makes me think of waves on the beach or the flames in a bonfire…).

Materials:
• 2 skeins (100g, 400 yards) fingering weight yarn in contrasting colors (the pattern as written takes approximately 60g of the light yarn, Color A, and 90g of the dark yarn, Color B)
• US 5 (3.75mm) 32” circular needles (or desired length – added length is helpful if you want to stretch the knitting out to see it shaping up)
• Removable stitch markers (at least 30 to mark section intersections)
• Tapestry needle (for weaving in ends)