Free Pattern: Love Is Love Wrist Warmers

By special request from my 12-year-old, I made them a few rainbow wristbands to wear to a small Pride celebration at a friend's house. We are not celebrating Pride with big parades and parties this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however that does not mean Pride month goes by unnoticed.

The following patterns are free. However any donations made as pattern support to my Ko-Fi will be donated in full to The Trevor Project.

What you need:

Yarn: Neighborhood Fiber Co Studio DK Minis - Pride Rainbow Set

Needles- Size 4 US DPN or circulars (if you prefer magic loop)

Stitch marker

Darning needle

The pattern is in two sizes: child/adult. To increase or decrease the size of the wrist warmer add or remove stitches in multiples of 4.

Pattern 1: Love is Love long version (shown at the bottom in the picture above)

• Cast on 32/40, I used the long tail method. Join the round being careful not to twist, place stitch marker to mark the start of the round

• Rows 1 - 5 using Red: knit 2, purl 2 (2x2 rib)

• Rows 6 - 10 using Orange: knit all stitches

• Rows 11 - 15 using Yellow: knit all stitches

• Rows 16 - 20 using Green: knit all stitches

• Rows 21 - 25 using Blue: knit all stitches

• Rows 26 - 30 using Purple: knit 2, purl 2 (2x2 rib)

• Bind off in ribbed pattern, weave in ends

Pattern 2: Love is Love medium length (on the left in the picture above)

• Cast on 32/40, I used the long tail method. Join the round being careful not to twist, place stitch marker to mark the start of the round

• Rows 1 - 3 using Red: knit 2, purl 2 (2x2 rib)

• Rows 4 - 6 using Orange: knit all stitches

• Rows 7 - 9 using Yellow: knit all stitches

• Rows 10 - 12 using Green: knit all stitches

• Rows 13 - 15 using Blue: knit all stitches

• Rows 16 - 18 using Purple: knit 2, purl 2 (2x2 rib)

• Bind off in ribbed pattern, weave in ends

Pattern 3: Love is Love short length (on the right in the picture above)

• Cast on 32/40, I used the long tail method. Join the round being careful not to twist, place stitch marker to mark the start of the round

• Rows 1 - 3 using Red: knit 2, purl 2 (2x2 rib)

• Rows 4 - 5 using Orange: knit all stitches

• Rows 6 - 7 using Yellow: knit all stitches

• Rows 8 - 9 using Green: knit all stitches

• Rows 10 - 11 using Blue: knit all stitches

• Rows 12 - 14 using Purple: knit 2, purl 2 (2x2 rib)

• Bind off in ribbed pattern, weave in ends

I chose not to block the wrist warmers as they wanted to wear them immediately!