Floating Rainbow
#dropsfloatingrainbow
Knitted rainbow in DROPS Paris with cloud underneath in DROPS Polaris.
DROPS Extra 0-1490
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DROPS Design: Pattern no w-816
Yarn group C
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MEASUREMENTS:
Height without the cloud underneath, approx. 14 cm.
Width at widest point approx. 30 cm.
MATERIALS:
DROPS PARIS from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group C)
50 g colour 31, purple
50 g colour 30, jeans blue
50 g colour 11, opal green
50 g colour 14, dandelion
50 g colour 01, apricot
50 g colour 12, red
And use:
DROPS POLARIS from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group F)
100 g colour 01, off white
KNITTING TENSION:
17 stitches in width and 22 rows in height with stocking stitch = 10 x 10 cm.
NEEDLES:
DROPS NEEDLES SIZE 5 MM.
Needle size is only a guide. If you get too many stitches on 10 cm, change to a larger needle size. If you get too few stitches on 10 cm, change to a smaller needle size.
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START THE PIECE HERE:
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RAINBOW – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE:
The piece is worked in 6 different coloured strips. Each strip is sewn into a tube using Polaris. The strands of Polaris are longer than the tubes, so there are strand-ends at both ends of each tube. The tubes are then sewn together to make the rainbow.
RAINBOW:
STRIP 1:
Cast on 10 stitches with needle size 5 mm and purple. Work stocking stitch back and forth over these stitches for 10 cm. Cast off. NOTE – leave a longer strand before cutting, which will be used when sewing the strips together in length (applies to all strips).
STRIP 2:
Cast on 10 stitches with needle size 5 mm and jeans blue. Work stocking stitch back and forth over these stitches for 15 cm. Cast off.
STRIP 3:
Cast on 10 stitches with needle size 5 mm and opal green. Work stocking stitch back and forth over these stitches for 20 cm. Cast off.
STRIP 4:
Cast on 10 stitches with needle size 5 mm and dandelion. Work stocking stitch back and forth over these stitches for 25 cm. Cast off.
STRIP 5:
Cast on 10 stitches with needle size 5 mm and apricot. Work stocking stitch back and forth over these stitches for 30 cm. Cast off.
STRIP 6:
Cast on 10 stitches with needle size 5 mm and red. Work stocking stitch back and forth over these stitches for 35 cm. Cast off.
ASSEMBLY:
STRIP 1:
= Purple and 10 cm in length. Cut 4 strands POLARIS, each 25 cm in length (= 15 cm longer than the strip). Lay the 4 strands towards the wrong side of the piece and fold the strip into a tube – sew in the outermost loop of the outermost stitch.
STRIP 2:
= Jeans blue and 15 cm in length. Cut 4 strands POLARIS, each 30 cm in length (= 15 cm longer than the strip). Lay the 4 strands towards the wrong side of the piece and fold the strip into a tube – sew in the outermost loop of the outermost stitch.
STRIP 3:
= Opal green and 20 cm in length. Cut 4 strands POLARIS, each 35 cm in length (= 15 cm longer than the strip). Lay the 4 strands towards the wrong side of the piece and fold the strip into a tube – sew in the outermost loop of the outermost stitch.
STRIP 4:
= Dandelion and 25 cm in length. Cut 4 strands POLARIS, each 40 cm in length (= 15 cm longer than the strip). Lay the 4 strands towards the wrong side of the piece and fold the strip into a tube – sew in the outermost loop of the outermost stitch.
STRIP 5:
= Apricot and 30 cm in length. Cut 4 strands POLARIS, each 45 cm in length (= 15 cm longer than the strip). Lay the 4 strands towards the wrong side of the piece and fold the strip into a tube – sew in the outermost loop of the outermost stitch.
STRIP 6:
= Red and 35 cm in length. Cut 4 strands POLARIS, each 50 cm in length (= 15 cm longer than the strip). Lay the 4 strands towards the wrong side of the piece and fold the strip into a tube – sew in the outermost loop of the outermost stitch.
SEWING TOGETHER:
Lay the tubes in the following order of colour and size; purple – jeans blue - opal green - dandelion - apricot - red.
HANGING-STRAND:
Cut a strand of approx. 100 cm in length. Fold double and tie the 2 loose ends together in a knot. Thread the double-strand on to a needle and sew through the middle of each tube, from the inside purple tube to the outer red tube, allowing the strand to follow upwards.
SHAPING THE RAINBOW:
Now sew at the back of the rainbow so the tubes turn downwards at each end as follows:
Sew a stitch in the cast-on edge of the first tube, then sew a stitch in the cast-on edge of the next tube, continue like this with stitches in the bottom edges until the rainbow has a curved shape.
Hang up and be proud!
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