Saturday, 28 January 2023

Rainbow Heart

 A friend asked me this week if I could knit her a little rainbow heart.

She wants to add it to a plain cream blanket she is making for a 'Rainbow Baby'

I was happy to help - I hope she likes it.

Rainbow Heart



Rainbow Heart 

 

Size:

Width 4¾”,  Height 4½” 

 

Requirements:

Small amounts of Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet yarn

3.5mm needles

 

Instructions:

Using Red, cast on 5sts

** Knit a row

Kfb, k2, kfb, k1                                   7sts

Knit a row

Kfb, k4, kfb, k1                                   9sts

Knit a row

Kfb, k6, kfb, k1                                    11sts

 

Cut off Red, add in Orange

Knit a row

Kfb, k8, kfb, k1                                    13sts

Knit 4 rows 

 

Cut off Orange, add in Yellow

Knit 4 rows 

**

Cut off the yarn and push your work to the bottom of the needle.

 

Now make another piece the same for the other top half of the heart – cast on 5 stitches onto the same needle as your work is on.

Work from ** to ** as above – do NOT cut off the Yellow yarn

 

Knit across the 13sts on the needle that you have been working on - and then the 13sts from the first part (at bottom of the needle) to join them together.

Knit 1 more row across these 26sts

 

Cut off Yellow, add in Green

Knit 3 rows

K2tog, knit to last 2sts, k2tog             24sts

Knit a row

K2tog, knit to last 2sts, k2tog             22sts

 

Cut off Green, add in Blue

Knit a row

K2tog, knit to last 2sts, k2tog             20sts

Repeat the last 2 rows twice more     16sts

 

Cut off Blue, add in Indigo

Knit a row

K2tog, knit to last 2sts, k2tog             14sts

Repeat the last 2 rows twice more     10sts

 

Cut off Indigo, add in Violet

Knit a row

K2tog, knit to last 2sts, k2tog             8sts

Repeat the last 2 rows once more     6sts

K2tog, k2tog, k2tog                            3sts

S1, k2tog, psso

Fasten off

Darn away ends …..(I know ! There are 20 ends to weave away – but really, it is well worth the effort to make such a sweet little heart for someone so special.) 




I didn't have quite the right shades, but I don't think it matters too much. 


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