Originally created just for our social media followers, the Knit Picks Team worked together to makes these cute Pride Flags and pattern, and by popular request, we’re adding them to the blog for easy bookmarking and better accessibility! Included are charts and color suggestions for 13 flags, and other styles can easily be created by finding the flag with the right stripes sequence and changing up the colors. For example, 5 stripe flags can be used for Lesbian, Trans, Genderfluid, and more.

Materials Needed

• US 6 (4mm) Knitting Needles  
• Palette Yarn held double (or use any yarn you have in the right colors!) 
• Yarn Needle  

Colors in Palette Yarn

Trans  Blossom Heather   White  Sky	Bisexual  Blue  Lantana  Rogue	Pansexual  Cyan  Canary  Cosmopolitan
Asexual  Black  White  Silver  Mulberry	Nonbinary  White  Black  Safflower  French Lavender	Agender  White  Black  Silver  Pistachio
Lesbian  Conch  Blossom Heather   White  Fuchsia   Lipstick	Aromantic  Black  Silver   White  Alfalfa Grass	Gay Men Navy  Chicory  Bluebell  White  Pistachio  Tranquil   Shoal
Progress Pride  Blossom Heather  White  Sky  Black  Hazelnut  Serrano  Orange  Canary  Grass  Blue  French Lavender	Demisexual  White  Black  Silver  Mulberry	Demiromantic  White  Black Silver  Grass	Intersex  Canary  FrenchLavender

Abbreviations

• CO – Cast on
• BO – Bind off
• K – Knit
• P – Purl
• RS – Right side
• WS – Wrong side
• Sts – Stitches

Notes

CO with first stripe color and BO with last stripe color. Flags are worked from the bottom up. For Intarsia patterns (Progress, Demi-Sexual/Romantic) follow full charts. The Intersex flag chart is for Duplicate Stitch. For striped flags, follow charts for number of rows in each stripe; color changes can happen on RS or WS. Below the charts, we’ve provided written stripe row counts for the 3, 4, 5, and 7 stripe flag styles. With our materials we got the approximate finished size of 4.5″ by 3.5″. Gauge is unimportant, just make a fabric you like! 

Directions 

CO 24 sts. Change colors and work intarsia as needed based on desired color chart.

Row 1 (RS): (K1, P1) to end. 

Row 2 (WS): (P1, K1) to end. 

Rows 3-4: Rep Rows 1-2 once more. 

Row 5: (K1, P1) two times, K to last 4 sts, (K1, P1) two times. 

Row 6: (P1, K1) two times, P to last 4 sts, (P1, K1) two times. 

Rows 7-22: Rep Rows 5-6 eight more times. 

Rows 23-26: Rep Rows 1-2 two times. 

BO all sts. 

Weave in ends and block as needed so it lies flat. 

Stripe Row Counts for 3 Stripe Flags (Bisexual, Pansexual)

• Stripe 1 – CO + Rows 1-8 
• Stripe 2 – Rows 9-18 
• Stripe 3 – Rows 19-26 + BO 

Stripe Row Counts for 4 Stripe Flags (Lesbian, Trans, Aromantic)

• Stripe1 – CO + Rows 1-6 
• Stripe 2 – Rows 7-13 
• Stripe 3 – Rows 14-20 
• Stripe 4 – Rows 21-26 + BO 

Stripe Row Counts for 5 Stripe Flags (Lesbian, Trans, Aromantic)

• Stripe 1 – CO + Rows 1-5 
• Stripe 2 – Rows 5-10 
• Stripe 3 – Rows 11-16 
• Stripe 4 – Rows 17-21 
• Stripe 5 – Rows 22-26 + BO 

Stripe Row Counts for 7 Stripe Flags (Gay Men, Agender)

• Stripe 1 – CO + Rows 1-3 
• Stripe 2 – Rows 4-7 
• Stripe 3 – Rows 8-11 
• Stripe 4 – Rows 12-15 
• Stripe 5 – Rows 16-19 
• Stripe 6 – Rows 20-23
• Stripe 7 – Rows 24-26 + BO