Mini Rainbow Knitting Pattern

April 14, 2020 3 Comments

After designing my giant rainbow pattern Katherine on Instagram asked if I could make a mini rainbow that could be used to graffiti knit her local area. Inspired by her I've knitted loads of these mini versions and have been decorating our local park with them each day! They use a small amount of yarn and just the knit stitch so are really fun to make, I can knit one in 20 minutes!

YARN
The rainbows can be knitted using DK on 4mm for tiny ones, or two strands of DK held together on 6mm needles or a standard chunky yarn on 6mm needles. These rainbows are great for busting your stash. You could size them up on bigger yarn and needles to increase the size.  

DK rainbows - you'll need 7g of yarn in total (1g of each yarn colour) per rainbow and a pair of 4mm needles. 

Two strands of DK held together - you'll need 14g of yarn in total (2g of each yarn colour) per rainbow and a pair of 6mm needles. 

Chunky - you'll need 10g of yarn in total (1.5g of each colour) per rainbow and a pair of 6mm needles.  

From left to right: DK yarn, Two strands of DK yarn held together, Chunky yarn

RECOMMENDED YARN

A - Red

B - Orange 

C - Yellow 

D - Green

E - Blue 

F - Purple 

G - Pink 

TENSION
Follow the tension as stated on the ball band. 

ABBREVIATIONS 
K Knit
K2tog Knit 2 stitches together, decreasing from two to one stitch 
SKP Slip a stitch, knit a stitch, pass the slipped stitch over. Decreasing from two to one stitch
Sts Stitches


PATTERN

Rainbow - Make One of these. 

Cast on 40 stitches in A. 

Row 1 K

Row 2 K

Row 3 Change to B working all stitches in it until stated. K7, SKP, K4, SKP, K10, K2tog, K4, K2tog, K7 (36 sts)

Row 4 K

Row 5 Change to C working all stitches in it until stated. K7, SKP, K3, SKP, K8, K2tog, K3, K2tog, K7 (32 sts)

Row 6 K

Row 7 Change to D working all stitches in it until stated. K7, SKP, K2, SKP, K6, K2tog, K2, K2tog, K7 (28 sts)

Row 8 K

Row 9 Change to E working all stitches in it until stated. K7, SKP, K1, SKP, K4, K2tog, K1, K2tog, K7 (24 sts)

Row 10 K

Row 11 Change to F working all stitches in it until stated. K7, SKP, SKP, K2, K2tog, K2tog, K7 (20 sts)

Row 12 K

Row 13 Change to G working all stitches in it until stated. K7, SKP, K2tog, K2tog, K7 (17 sts)

Row 14 K

Row 15 Cast off.

 

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