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Warm weather, long nights, and the great outdoors — summer is camping season, and camping means campfires! Campfire is a unisex, close fitting toque which uses a textured slip-stitch to invoke sparks rising up towards towering firs and a star-studded night sky.

The sample toque is a size large, and was knit with Riverside Studio’s DK Merino in the Cobalt and Rust colourway.

Skill Level
Advanced beginner

Sizes
Extra-small, small, medium, large, extra-large to fit head circumferences of 14”/36 cm, 16”/41 cm, 18”/46 cm, 21”/53 cm, 23”/58 cm.

Yarn Requirements:
Extra-small: 100/125 yards/95-115 meters
Small: 125-150 yards/115-140 meters
Medium: 150-175 yards/140-160 meters
Large: 175-200 yards/160-185 meters
Extra-large: 200-225 yards/185-205 meters

Needles:
3.75 mm (US 5) 16” (40 cm) circular needles for ribbing
4 mm (US 6) 16” (40 cm) circular needles for the hat body
4 mm (US 6) double-point needles for the crown
Optional: 3.75 (US 5) straight needles for working the Tillybuddy cast-on

Notions:
1 stitch marker
tapestry needle

Gauge
1 x 1 Ribbing: 25.5 sts and 32 rows = 4 inches (10 cm) on 3.75 mm (US 5) needles (blocked)
Rising Sparks Pattern: 22 sts and 40 rows = 4 inches (10 cm) on 4 mm (US 6) needles (blocked)

This pattern was tech edited by Dana Gervais. Many thanks to my wonderful testers!