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]
