Welcome to week eight of the 2014 Geek-A-Long, a mystery blanket knit-along! If you have no idea what I’m talking about, check out the Geek-A-Long FAQ page. Then, meet me back here when you’re ready. For the old pros, let’s talk about Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Water… Earth… Fire… Air. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony.  Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked!

Avatar is one of those rare cartoon shows that is timeless.  It’s equally wonderful whether you are 13 or 30.  It didn’t start up until I was well out of high school, (High-school-Megan-Anne has always lived on inside of me though.  Basically, I’m a 17 year old fangirl on the inside.) but high-school-Megan would have LOVED high-school-Zuko.  He was so my type it hurts.  The bad-boy shell surrounding a tortured soul. The sexy super powers and princeliness. Basically everything about him was my dream come true, so this week we honor Prince Zuko with the Fire Nation symbol.

Avatar: The Last Airbender and Harry Potter are the only two franchises to rate four squares worth of blanket space, so you can look forward to seeing Water, Earth, and Air before the year is out.

Post Edited for 5 Year Anniversary

This post has been edited to add an updated version of the Fire Nation pattern to celebrate five years of geeking along. The graph is the same, but the pattern now includes more information. You can download the new Fire Nation pattern by clicking the link. Instructions for both knit and crochet are now listed in the pattern. When you’re finished making it, Instagram your squares at us @lattesandllamasyarn with the hashtag #geekalong! This now concludes the edited portion of this post.

Don’t forget to post links to your finished squares, so we can all ooh and ah together and if you’re having trouble with double-knitting, Jac and I recently shot a how-to video on the subject. You can find it here. There is also a Geek-A-Long group on Ravelry if you are a member. And of course, hop on over to Child’s Play and show them your love*!

~ Megan-Anne
Don’t even talk to me about that movie.

*”Love” in this instance means money.