Pride and Rainbow Patterns to Knit

It seems like knitters are always stitching up rainbows and Pride projects, so while I’ve done a lot of roundups related to these subjects in the past, there’s always more to write about, so let’s take a look at some more Pride knitting patterns and rainbow projects to stitch.

Tina Tse Knits has a free chart for an intersex-inclusive Pride flag that you can stitch as a wall hanging. She used scrap yarn for hers, so dig into your stash for the colors of the rainbow and beyond.

Make a teensy rainbow pin that could also be a keychain or a tiny toy with the rainbow pattern by Amanda Berry. This is a free download on Ravelry and it uses fingering weight yarn, or make a larger version with heavier yarn if you like.

Wear a giant rainbow everywhere you go with the Pride Goeth Before the Shawl pattern from Amy Snell, available on Love Crafts. It was made with mini skeins of fingering weight yarn, but you can also dive into your stash for this one. The designer says it would use 8 50 grams skeins of sock yarn or 4 100 gram skeins if they have the right colors.

If you want your rainbow a little smaller, try the Because Rainbow mitts from Wool & Wyrd. They feature a rainbow chevron pattern, and you can use rainbow colors for the background or go with a neutral. This one also uses fingering weight yarn so you can use mini skeins or leftovers from other projects. These come in five sizes so you can knit them for just about anyone.

Craftivist has a great collection of free knitting patterns, and you can scroll through them to find the LGBTQ+ Equality for Shawl pattern, which uses rainbow colors and the trans flag colors. This one uses fingering weight yarn, too, and is a great way to use a ton of colors.

This is a project that kind of stopped me in my tracks when I saw it while scrolling Ravelry. It’s such a fun contrast of a semisolid color worked in stockinette stitch and a more tonal yarn worked in a feather and fan variation.

(See more about feather and fan in this post on my blog; I also have a feather and fan scarf if you want to practice.)

The Nitty Wrap from Renate Dziedataja is worked in fingering weight yarn from a Finnish mill, and the name is the Finnish word for meadow. You of course can use whatever yarn you have handy.

It’s even more interesting because the project is worked from one short end across to make a long rectangle, and the two different sections are joined using intarsia. Generally we think of intarsia as being used for colorwork, so this is a fun different use of it. The lace section is charted in the pattern but it’s pretty easy to follow.

And of course it’s totally optional but to add a little more interest and tie the two colors of yarn together the designer also added some embroidery along the short edges on the stockinette side. A drawing of what she did is included but you can also add different designs if you’d rather.

The shawl has I-cord edgings to give it a nice finished look that doesn’t take away from the organic simplicity of the design.

As shown, the shawl measures about 22.5 inches/57 cm wide and 59 inches/150 cm long. You can of course adjust this according to your preference, the amount of yarn you have and the gauge you are getting. Try a thicker yarn to make a wider shawl if you like.

This pattern is available in English and Latvian for free on Ravelry.

Photo: Renate Dziedataja

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