Model: Drag Queen - ‘Holly Elkes’
Picture: Tobey Black

This rainbow is intended to go onto a t-shirt as an applique or have chains added to it and a band across the bottom - with chains for tying - to turn it into a halter top.

Purple –
6hdc in a magic ring….OR 2ch, 6 hdc in 2nd ch from hook, ch 2, turn.
Row 2: inc to end, ch2, turn. (12)
Row 3: (1hdc, inc) to end, change to blue, ch2, turn. (18)
Blue –
Row 4: (2hdc, inc) to end, ch2, turn. (24)
Row 5: 1hdc in ea st to end, ch2, turn. (24)
Row 6: (3hdc, inc) to end, ch2, turn. (30)
Green -
Row 7: 2hdc, (inc, 4hdc) to last 2sts, 2hdc, ch2, turn. (36)
Row 8: (5hdc, inc) to end, ch2, turn. (42)
Row 9: 3hdc, (inc, 6hdc) to last 3 sts, 3hdc, ch2, turn. (48)
Yellow -
Row 10: 1hdc in ea st to end, ch2, turn. (48)
Row 11: (7hdc, inc) to end, ch2, turn. (54)
Row 12: 4hdc, (inc, 8hdc) to last 4sts, 4hdc, ch2, turn. (60)
Orange -
Row 13: (9hdc, inc) to end, ch2, turn. (66)
Row 14: 5hdc, (inc, 10hdc) to last 5sts, 5hdc, ch2, turn. (72)
Row 15: 1hdc in ea st to end. (72)
Red –
Row 16: (11hdc, inc) to end, ch2, turn. (78)
Row 17: 6hdc, (inc, 12hdc) to last 6sts, 6hdc, ch2, turn. (84)
Row 18: (13hdc, inc) to end, finish off.

You can include more colours if you like….just keep increasing as you go. Every fifth row, I didn’t increase.

To make a smaller rainbow, replace hdc’s with sc’s.
To go bigger, replace hdc’s with dc’s, or add more rows.

The halter top pictured was made with dc’s.
In white, I made a chain long enough for tying, then increased one st per row working in the back loops only to make a ribbed band until I had 7 stitches (hdc or dc). I made the white piece slightly wider than the base of the rainbow piece, then decreased one st per row until 1st remained to work the tying chain for the other side of the halter top - then sewed this piece to the base of the rainbow. I then added two lengths of chains (red) to tie at the neck.