Flickering Flames Cloth

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Materials
Scraps of Worsted-Weight Cotton, in "fire" colours
4mm needles

Abbreviations:
yo=bring yarn to front of needle
ssk=slip 1 st to righthand needle, knitways; slip another stitch knitways, place left needle into front of slipped stitches, & knit them together.

Cast on 40 stitches.
Rows 1 & 3: K1, P1 across row.
Rows 2 & 4: P1, K1 across row.
Row 5: (K1, P1)x2, knit across row, (K1, P1)x2.
Row 6 & all even-numbered rows: (P1, K1)x2, purl across row, (P1, K1)x2.
Row 7: (K1, P1)x2, k3, (ssk, k5, yo)x4, k1, (K1, P1)x2.
Row 9: (K1, P1)x2, k3, (ssk, k4, yo, k1)x4, k1, (K1, P1)x2.
Row 11: (K1, P1)x2, k3, (ssk, k3, yo, k2)x4, k1, (K1, P1)x2.
Row 13: (K1, P1)x2, k3, (ssk, k2, yo, k3)x4, k1, (K1, P1)x2.
Row 15: (K1, P1)x2, k3, (ssk, k1, yo, k4)x4, k1, (K1, P1)x2.
Row 17: (K1, P1)x2, k3, (ssk, yo, k5)x4, k1, (K1, P1)x2.
*If desired, change colours here.
Row 19: (K1, P1)x2, k1, (yo, k5, k2tog), k3, (K1, P1)x2.
Row 21: (K1, P1)x2, k2, (yo, k4, k2tog, k1)x4, k2, (K1, P1)x2.
Row 23: (K1, P1)x2, k3, (yo, k3, k2tog, k2)x4, k1, (K1, P1)x2.
Row 25: (K1, P1)x2, k4, (yo, k2, k2tog, k3)x4, (K1, P1)x2.
Row 27: (K1, P1)x2, k5, (yo, k1, k2tog, k4)x3, yo, k1, k2tog, k3, (K1, P1)x2.
Row 29: (K1, P1)x2, k6, (yo, k2tog, k5)x3, yo, k2tog, k3, (K1, P1)x2.
*If desired, change colours here.
Repeat rows 6-29.
Repeat row 6.
Repeat row 5.
Repeat rows 2 & 4.
Repeat rows 1 & 3.
Cast off.

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Copyright 2007 Sept 04.
Designed, knit & photographed by Shirley Ann Thompson