This 3D soft toy version of the knitted rainbow is a fun learning tool for children, as well as helping to decorate a child’s room. This rainbow knitting pattern also gives ideas on how to make a knitted rainbow cushion, or help to design a picture for the wall.

Rainbow Knitting Pattern PDF Download

Knitted Rainbow Complete Size – 22cm width x 12cm height x 4cm rainbow breadth

What you will need…

Total time – from 1 Hour (single knitted rainbow) to 2 Hours 40 Minutes (double thickness with clouds) Approx.

4mm knitting needles (UK 8, US 6) for rainbow

3.25mm knitting needles (UK 10, US 3) for clouds

Double knitting yarn – Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet. White yarn for knitted clouds.

Sewing up needle

Scissors

Optional toy stuffing if making two rainbows to place back to back to form a 3D soft toy version.

Benefits of PDF Downloads!

No endless scrolling! Compact pattern can be seen more easily over a clear three-column arrangement.
Standard easy-read font (large print option available on request.)
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Avoid any internet connection issues - download and knit wherever you like!

Printer-friendly Easy Print…

No screen glare or eye strain. 
Mark where you get up to, to more easily carry on from where you left off. 
Colourful front page with pictured finished item, then black and white text-only - be kind to our planet, only print the pages you need!

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The Disclaimer Bit…!

Timings are approximate and so don’t hold me to it. Children are constantly interrupting me, and it’s easy to speed up or slow down depending on how happy/cross I am.

The sizes I have written are also approximate and so I will not be held responsible for time spent on creating these patterns or materials used should yours not quite look right. Everyone’s yarn and tension will be different. I am not loyal to any particular brand of yarn - it’s whatever I find in my basket from over the years.

Use these patterns as you so wish for personal use only, both for ideas or using the patterns to make your own. However, your own work is at your own risk. I am not taking responsibility for any personal, child, or other person needle injury or such-like. If using any of these patterns for ideas to make and/or give as a gift for a child, please choose appropriately for the child’s age and ensure your sewing, particularly of buttons, is top-notch to avoid any choking hazards.