Dragon Force

“So far away we wait for the day for the lives all so wasted and gone. We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days through the fire and the flames we carry on.” 
Through the Fire and Flames by Dragonforce
 
Named for the pain, frustration, and necessary fortitude that we’ve all had to endure and discover as we each forge our own path through the unbelievable events of 2020. This shawl provides some garter-stitch comfort knitting by letting you work from stash and by letting you control the size and final shape.
 
Dragon Force is worked modularly, from the center-outwards, section by section and is finished with an encompassing border. Pictured is a 6-section version symbolizing dragon wings in mid-flight (we’re not through this yet), but feel free to make it with more or less sections as you see fit.
 
Instructions are given for both a traditional pattern (to make the same shawl as shown) and a percentage option so that you can use any yarns that you like. The sample shown used most of 3 full skeins of fingering weight but feel free to play with the striped section & the width of the border to really customize the shawl to suit your own personality, available yarns, & knitting time.
 
PS: It’s totally ok to take a page out of Elizabeth Zimmerman’s book & just knit until you’re ready to be done with it. Just enjoy your knitting & have fun with your yarns. ^_^
 
Notes:
You can knit the body of the shawl on straight needles, but due to the number of stitches you will need a long circular for the border and bind-off.
 
Pattern is written but charts weren’t needed so they aren’t included. Pattern does include worksheet and instructions for working with any yarn weight or yardage available and the finished size is completely (and easily) customizable so you can make this for babies up through adults.
 
This pattern has been test knit and tech edited. 
(Thanks, Sue-Cat & test knitters!)
 
Share your project & connect with other shawl knitters in the YumiYarns Ravelry group! We’d love to see your version & cheer you on as you go.
 
Sample Size:
56” / 142 cm at widest point
 
Yarn: 
Approx 400 yds / 365 m each of 3 colors in Fingering Weight
 
Sample Used: 
The Girl Who Crafted 
Northern Lights Sock 
75/20/5% - Merino/Nylon/Stellina 
438 yds (400 m) / 3.5 oz (100 g)
 
In the Colorways: 
CC1 - Lady Edith (red) 
CC2 - Pink Lemonade (yellow) 
CC3 - Wolves of Winter (grey)

Needles:
US 3 (3.25 mm) circular or straight needles or size to obtain gauge 
 
Notions:
Stitch Markers
Scissors
Tapestry Needle
Waste Yarn
 
Gauge: 
18 sts and 36 rows / 4” (10 cm) in Garter Stitch, blocked
 
Stitches/Techniques Used: 
(tutorials are linked)
 
Central Double Decrease
CO
Icelandic Bind Off
knit
k2tog
kfb
Knitted CO
Pick-Up and Knit
slip
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