Pride Knitting Patterns

June is the month for Pride, and I’ve shared a lot of Pride related knitting patterns and rainbow-colored designs in the past (see for example, rainbow patterns one and two, and little Pride flags) but there’s always room for more so here are some more fun Pride knitting patterns for you.

These little LGBTQ+ pride hearts are so cure and easy to knit, and great little stash busters if you have the right colors on hand. The pattern is from Juliette Pecault Design on Etsy, and while they used worsted weight yarn you can always use what you have on hand to make a heart of a different size.

For another quick and easy little project, check out the rainbow keychains circular knitting machine pattern from Diana Levine Knits. These cuties use a 40 needle machine and can me made in any sorts of rainbow colors you like. (And speaking of circular knitting machines, my loop scarf pattern was made with a rainbow colored yarn, so it would be great for Pride if the weather somehow ends up being cool.)

I started this journey of looking for Pride themed knitting patterns when I saw Trek with Pride, a free knitting pattern available on Ravelry. Designed by Mary Burch, this wrap features the Federation logo worked in rainbow colors. It uses sock yarn and would be a great use for any rainbow-colored mini skeins you have lying around.

I had Annie Lupton’s Say Gay Banner (a free pattern on Ravelry) saved on Instagram since last year, so I’m glad I finally was able to share it. She also has a Love is Love banner (also on Ravelry). These little designs don’t take a lot of yarn and they’d be super cute hanging in a window (or you could even add the sentiment to a sweater!).

Duke of Nikko designed a rainbow colored cowl with the word gay repeating in different colors along the bands of color. It uses sock yarn and is also available on Ravelry.

And Makers’ Mercantile has a pattern that’s free on Ravelry for progress wrist warmers using DK weight yarn. If you don’t have all the colors you need you can also buy a kit from them, the proceeds of which benefit Tacoma Older LGBT.

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Not too long ago I was seeing a crochet pattern for a glasses holder shaped like a bear all over the Internet. It was super cute, and also useful as a place to put your glasses on your bedside table instead of just throwing them somewhere random.

This project stewed in my brain for a little while and I decided I needed to make a knit version, but I didn’t want to make a bear. If you know anything about me you might know that I’m a cat person, so of course my version had to be a cat.

The base is just a basic little basic worked from the center out to the desired size, then up the sides as long as you want them. Knit some ears and add embellishments to make it whatever kind of animal you want.

The way I figured out to work the base from the center out was to use a crochet cast on, which gives you an easier way to pick up stitches from the back of the cast on than if you worked a more traditional cast on for a knitting project. It’s kind of fun to do things in a different way from time to time.

This little project is adorable if I do say so myself, and even as a plain little basket not made into an animal it’s a cute way to keep your glasses or other little things in one place. I’m tempted to make one for my desk to hold pens or even little little scissors and sewing needles that are always on my desk but somehow always seem to get lost on my desk.

If you need a little holder for your glasses on your table, check out the pattern at Our Daily Craft.

[Photo: Our Daily Craft]

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