Amethyst Shawl revisied

OK folks have asked (bugged?) me for the pattern for this shawl. My tardiness was actually just a ploy for you to come and visit my blog. Here is what I came up with. It's the best I can do by myself. I don't have a chart maker or I would have charted the pattern. I designed and knit this shawl purely visual, i.e. I started out attempting to show my daughter how to continue with the candle flame pattern and then just kept knitting. Then I decided that the triangle shawl was just too boring and went on from there. If you have any questions, I'll try to answer them. In case you can't cut and paste the pattern and you really, really, really want to make the shawl I'll be glad to e-mail you the pattern. The only thing I ask that you not use the pattern for commercial purposes. If you have any suggestions on how I can improve the written instructions, I'll take all advice.

Amethyst Shawl
Yarn: Coned or skeined fingering weight Merino. 4.5 mm (US 7) circular needle.
Candle Flame Pattern: My piece of paper states that the following was written "as originally notated by Linda Clark". I no longer have the source of where on the Internet I found this.

Instructions:
Cast on 1 stitch then:
Row 1: (right side) (K, YO, K) into cast on stitch
Row 2: P3
Row 3: K1, (K, YO, K) into second stitch, K1
Row 4: P5
Row 5: K2, (K, YO, K) into next stitch, K2
Row 6: P7
Row 7: K3, (K, YO, K) into next stitch, K3
Row 8: P9
Row 9: K4, (K, YO, K) into next stitch, K4, cast on 3 stitches.
Row 10: P1, K2, P11, Cast on 3 stitches (the cast on of 3 stitches forms the beginning of the next flame)
Row 11: (K, YO, K) into first stitch, P2, K4, (Slip 2-k1-p2sso), K4, P2, (K, YO, K) into last stitch (this forms the beginning of the next flame on the other side of the triangle)
Row 12: P3, K2, P9, K2, P3
Row 13: K1, (K, YO, K) into next stitch, K1, P2, K3, (Slip 2 stitches knitwise-k1-p2sso), K3, P2, K1 (K, YO, K) into next stitch, K1
Row 14: P5, K2, P7, K2, P5
Row 15: K2, (K, YO, K) into next stitch, K2, P2, K2 (slip 2 stitches knitwise-k1,p2sso), K2, P2, K2, (K, YO, K) into next stitch, K2
Row 16: P7, K2, P5, K2, P7
Row 17: K3, (K, YO, K) into next stitch, K3, P2, K1 (slip 2 stitches knitwise-k1-p2sso), K1, P2, K3, (K, YO, K) into next
stitch, K3
Row 18: P9, K2, P3, K2, P9
Row 19: K4, (K, YO, K) into next stitch, K4, P2, (slip 2 knitwise-k1-p2sso), P2, K4, (K, YO, K) into next stitch, K4, Cast on 3 stitches
Row 20: P1, K2, P11, K2, P1, K2, P11, cast on 3 stitches

Continue increasing in this fashion until your shawl is the size you want it, i.e. repeat rows 11 through 20, always remembering that the no. of candle flames will increase and therefore, the no. of repeats across rows will increase as well.

When you have reached the size of the triangle you want, then reverse the process, instead of casting on three stitches, cast off three stitches. The three stitches which are cast off represent the top of the candle flame on the edge of the shawl. Decrease until you have one candle flame remaining. At the top of the candle flame, slip 2 knit-wise, k1, p2sso. You then end again with 1 stitch, the same way you started the shawl.

Inner Border:
Adapted from Rosedale Counterpane Pattern at http://www.knitting-and.com/ Pick up the same no. of stitches on all four sides, plus 1 extra stitch at each corner.Place 1 marker each before and after corner. Make last marker a different color, indicating beginning of row.
Now work in the round instead of back and forth.

Row 1: Knit to marker. At marker, make YO, move marker, K1, move marker, YO and knit to next corner.
Row 2: Knit
Row 3: Knit, increase at each corner as in row 1
Row 4: Knit
Row 5: Purl to marker. At marker, make YO, move marker, K1, move marker, YO, purl to next corner.
Row 6: Purl
Row 7: Purl, increase at each corner as in row 5
Row 8: Purl
Row 9: YO, k2, (YO, slip 1 knit-wise, K1, PSSO) until end of first section, depending on no. of stitches, you may end up with either 1 or two stitches to be knit before corner YO, K1
Row 10: Knit
Row 11: YO, K2, (YO, sl 1, K1, PSSO) , K1 or K2, then knit corner YO, K1
Row 12: Knit
Row 13: YO, K2, (YO, sl 1, K1, PSSO), K1 or K2, then knit corner, YO, K1
Row 14: Knit
Row 15: YO, knit to next corner, YO, K1, etc.
Row 16: Knit
Row 17: YO, knit to corner, YO, K1, etc.
Row 18: Knit
Row 19: YO, purl to corner, YO, K1, etc.
Row 20: Purl
Row 21: YO, purl to corner, YO, K1, etc.
Row 22: Purl
Row 23: YO, Knit to corner, YO K1, etc.
Row 24: Knit
Row 25: YO, Knit to corner, YO K1, etc.
Row 26: Knit
Row 27: Count no. of stitches in each section, excluding corner stitch of K1. Then take pattern of Candle Flame (Rows 3 through 10) and decide how many purl stitches you want to place between each candle flame. The stitches between the markers must divide evenly into the no. of purl stitches between the candle flames plus 1 stitch for the base of each candle flame. (Remember you started out with one stitch and increased that stitch to 3?). You will want to manipulate your stitches, so you have may be 1 or 2 purl stitches before the YO for the corner. Once you have figured out how many purl stitches you want between the candle flames: YO, Purl 1 or 2 stitches; knit 1 (base for candle flame), purl X stitches (no. of purl stitches between the candle flames), repeat until you come to the end of the section and end again with 1 or 2 purl stitches; YO, K1 (corner)
Row 28-36: Continue with flame pattern.
Row 37-42: Repeat rows 9 through 14

Outer Border:
Adapted from Traditional Knitted Lace Shawls by Martha Waterman, Ocean Wave
Attach border sideways by knitting last stitch of right side row of border to one stitch of shawl. Only right side rows are attached. Ease border by attaching every 5th row to one stitch of shawl at corners.
That's all folks!