Fire And Light Shawl: Test-Knitting Call!

Welcome back to another test-knitting call;  right now, I'm looking for testers for the Fire and Light Shawl pattern!

This half-circle lace shawl was designed in support of St. Anne's Church -- a historic church in Toronto, Canada, that was devastated by a church fire in June 2024. All profits from this shawl, once released, will go towards the church restoration fund.

The Shawl pattern, as written, has only one size, with a wingspan of 82 inches (208 cm), and a depth of 22.5 inches, (57 cm), and uses approximately 976 yards (892 metres) of lace-weight yarn.  That said, the shawl can be made larger or smaller by doing more (or fewer) repeats of the final stitch motif.

Sample is shown in Dye-Version's Merino Lace in "Windstorm", which, sadly, is no longer available. To knit this, I'd suggest any lace weight or light fingering yarn that doesn't have a lot of fuzz.

 I'm looking for 6 testers for this shawl.  I'm also specifically looking for testers to test the large-print/screen reader accessible version of this pattern! So if that's something you're willing/able to do, just make a note of that on your Yarnpond application, and I'll send you the link to the large print pattern.  

To test, you will need to make a Yarnpond account (you do need to sign up if you haven't before, but, don't worry, it's free, all you need is an e-mail address!) From there, you can link your Instagram and Ravelry accounts, if you have either. 

 And, for those who can't use Ravelry, please, don't worry, you don't have to have a Ravelry account to participate - if you're a new tester, I just need somewhere I can see some examples of your work, so Instagram, or even a blog, is perfect!

Deadline for the test is July 15th, 2025 and as usual, my testing dates can usually be extended if there's a need, so don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you're going to have trouble meeting the deadline.  And, as always, testers who complete the test will receive the finished pattern for free, as well as two patterns of their choice from my self-published patterns.

If you want to be notified about future testing calls, the best place to be is in my testing group over on Yarnpond!  Folks there will get notified automatically when I post a new test (and there's no requirement to test anything - test only what  you want to test!)  I also post testing calls here on the blog, and to my other social media platforms (Facebook, Patreon, Instagram, Tumblr, and a  Discord Server!), as well as sending out calls to those on my mailing list, as well, so hopefully, anyone who's interested won't miss a testing call!  

And if you know someone else who might be interested, please, as always feel free to share this post with them!