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Easy Little Pride Flag Knitting Patterns

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We’re coming up on the end of Pride month, but Pride is every day, all the time, and crafting for Pride doesn’t have to be limited to a particular month of the calendar.

Knit Picks recently released on its Instagram page a collection of little Pride flags, with all the instructions and color charts to make a bunch of different offerings. You can use this design to make the traditional rainbow striped flag, of course, but there’s also a chart for the Progress flag.

There are also charts for the demiromantic/demisexual flag and the intersex flag. Other flags just have stripes but the pattern shows the layout for a variety of flags, including:

  • lesbian
  • gay men
  • bisexual
  • trans
  • pansexual
  • nonbinary
  • aromantic
  • agender
  • asexual

The pattern for the flags is included in the post. Each flag is just 24 stitches wide, so you can make one or a bunch in no time. It suggests using Knit Picks Palette yarn held double, or you can use a DK or worsted weight yarn. Whatever you have in the right colors will work.

The original pattern uses size 6 US (4mm) knitting needles, but you can adjust as needed for the particular yarn you are using. This of course may alter the size of your finished flag, but bigger and smaller flags are cute, too. (As written the flag should come out to about 4.5 by 3.5 inches, but gauge isn’t critical.)

Looking for more knits to show your pride? Check out my collection of rainbow knitting patterns that are great for Pride or any other time of year. (Actually I did one last year, too, so check out even more rainbow patterns here.)

Thanks, Knit Picks, for being awesome all year long and providing yarn in a rainbow of colors for all our stitching needs.

[Photo: Knit Picks, via Instagram]

 

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Bucket Hat Knitting Patterns

As I was starting to write this post I thought that it was true that I’d never done a roundup of bucket hat knitting patterns before. But then I looked, and I actually did one last year (which you can find here) but there are plenty of cute bucket hats to do another post about, right? 

The one that made me want to write about this (again) is the Red Heart Knit Fanfare Bucket Hat from Yarnspirations. This cute striped hat can be worked in team colors, and while I might prefer a non-acrylic yarn for a summer hat, it would be fine when it’s not too hot outside (or try a cotton yarn instead). 

Claire Slade’s Sunlit Bucket Hat has an angled brim to help keep the sun out of your eyes. It’s worked from the bottom up using worsted weight cotton yarn, and comes in three sizes. You can find the pattern on Ravelry. 

Get a little air flow in your bucket hat with the Shady Bucket Hat from Wool & Beyond. This one uses DK weight yarn and an eyelet pattern throughout the body to keep it cool. It comes in sizes ranging from newborn to adult large, and is worked in one piece from the top down. You can grab the pattern (in English or Swedish) on Ravelry. 

If you’re looking for a fun, floppy sun hat for kids or adults, this pattern from Muki Crafts is a little more slouchy than a traditional bucket hat but it’s super cute. It comes in baby, toddler and bigger kid sizes and adult. I uses worsted weight yarn and is worked from the bottom up. 

Another variation on the classic bucket is this one that’s more of a cloche style. Made by branda, it uses bulky yarn so it’s more of a winter bucket hat, but now’s a fine time to knit it if you live somewhere that’s warm right now (or even more so if you live somewhere that’s cold right now). 

Another one to get you ready for colder weather is Tirmety, a two-layer bucket hat from ViTalina Craft, which has a textured stitch pattern on one side and stockinette on the other. You can wear either side out or even make them different colors if you want. The pattern is sized for toddlers, kids and adults. 

And if you want to add some extra cuteness to your bucket hat, I love this (of course totally optional but also totally adorable) embroidered deatila on the New York Bucket Hat from Pauline Fanguin. It uses two strands of DK weight yarn held together for extra sturdiness, and uses changes in needle size to shape the hat. Of course you could also knit stripes or use different textures of yarn to change up the look. This pattern is made to fit your head and is available in French and English.