Sweet Nostalgia Rainbow Candy for the Young at Heart
Unleash your inner wanderer with this handcrafted dream—a whisper of vintage charm meets modern adventure. It's more than just a thing it’s a story waiting to be lived a companion for spontaneous sunsets and unexpected discoveries. Imagine the envious glances as you showcase its effortless cool—a genuine statement piece destined to become your go-to treasure.
DESIGNED BY ELIZABETH SULLIVAN
Pattern Sizing and Materials
An adult version of our popular kid's Rainbow Heart Sweater pattern, because grown-ups need rainbow hearts too! This non-gendered sweater is knit seamlessly from the top down with compound raglan shaping and a stranded colourwork pattern of rainbow hearts. The pattern is written for eight sizes with a finished chest range of 35¼-70¾'/88.5-177cm and includes options to lengthen the body and sleeves for tall sizes. Each size has its own set of easy-to-follow charts with the shaping included.
This sweater is designed to be worn with 2-6'/5-15cm of ease. Size 50½'/ 126.5cm is shown modeled with approximately 5-6'/13-15cm positive ease.
This pattern is also available as part of the Rainbow Hearts for Everyone Collection.
Craft: Knitting
Skill Level: Intermediate
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splitSizing and Materials
Finished Measurements
Chest: 35¼ (40½, 45½, 50½, 55½, 60¾, 65¾, 70¾)'/88.5 (101, 113.5, 126.5, 139, 151.5, 164, 177)cm
Length: 24¾ (25, 25½, 26, 26¼, 26½, 27¼, 28)'/62 (63, 64, 65, 66, 66.5, 68, 69)cm or desired length. Pattern includes option to lengthen for tall sizes.
Yarn
Worsted weight yarn: 750 (840, 945, 1060, 1160, 1225, 1330, 1445) yds/685 (770, 865, 970, 1060, 1120, 1215, 1320)m in MC, 65 (70, 80, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110) yds/60 (65, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100)m each in 6 rainbow colours
Note: For tall sizes, add an extra 35 (35, 35, 45, 45, 55, 55, 60) yds/30 (30, 30, 40, 40, 50, 50, 55)m in MC; 4 (4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7) skeins in Fog.
Needles
Size 7 (4.5mm) circular needle, 16'/40cm long
Size 7 (4.5mm) circular needle, 32-48'/80-120cm long
Size 7 (4.5mm) set of double-pointed needles
Notions
Stitch markers, smooth waste yarn, yarn needle
Gauge
19 sts and 24 rnds = 4'/10cm in Rainbow Heart pattern and Stockinette stitch, worked in the rnd, after wet blocking.
