Asexual Pride Flag | Free Crochet Pattern

Mini Asexual Pride Flag Free Crochet Pattern

This asexual pride flag pattern is the final flag of 15 flags celebrating the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community. I started with rainbow flags: the original 1978 version, followed by the six stripe rainbow , then the 2017 inclusive rainbow flag and the Pride Progress flag. Then we moved into a few gender identity flags: the Transgender pride flag, the Genderqueer pride flag, the Non-Binary pride flag and the Genderfluid pride flag. Now we are moving into sexual & romantic orientation flags, starting with the bisexual pride flag first, then the pansexual pride flag, the polysexual pride flag, the demisexual pride flag, the demiromantic pride flag, the aromantic pride flag, and now ending with the asexual pride flag.

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I can’t believe this is the last flag! I’ve learned so much doing this project and I plan to continue to learn about different identities. If your flag wasn’t featured in this first fifteen let me know, I’d love to try and make it.

An asexual person is someone who does not experience sexual attraction. Asexuality exists on a spectrum, and many identities fall under the asexuality umbrella, including demisexual (an earlier flag). Asexual is often abbreviated as Ace.

The asexual pride flag has a clear history. The flag was first suggest in 2009 on the website AVEN, the Asexual Visibility and Education Network. In 2010, after much discussion and three polls on the website, the flag was announced. It flew for the first time at the 2011 San Francisco pride parade. The final product was the flag we know today, four stripes in black, white, gray and purple. The purple was taken from the AVEN website design and symbolized community. Black represented asexuality, gray represented gray asexuality and the white represented allosexuality, which is people not on the ace spectrum. I have also seen the white stripe described as representing allies.

I’m including some articles about asexual and aromantic erasure below because lately, in paying closer attention to different identities in LGBTQ+ spaces online, I keep seeing ace and aro people asking if they are allowed in those spaces. Ace and aro identitifying folx absolutely belong in queer spaces and excluding them is discriminatory and wrong. I am speaking about ace and aro together because they are listed together in these articles, but remember not everyone who identifies as asexual is aromantic, and not everyone who identifies as aromantic is asexual. Also while we’re talking about it, my opinion is if someone feels like they belong in LGBTQ+ spaces, I want them to be there. They don’t owe me or anyone else an explanation of their identity to exist in a queer space. This is gatekeeping and it’s not a good look.

Sources & Additional Information

Asexuality
The Ace Flag, A History And Celebration
Five Ways You’re Erasing Asexual and Aromantic People And What Do Instead
A Guide To Ace And Aro Etiquette and Inclusion

Mini Asexual Pride Flag Free Crochet Pattern

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SUPPLIES
3.75mm (F) hook
Yarn needle (for weaving in ends)
4 medium worsted weight yarn, a small amount in the following colors: Purple, white, gray and black. (I used mostly Red Heart Super Saver)

COMPLETED PROJECT SIZE/GAUGE
Flag size is approximately 3.5 x 5 inches. My gauge: 2 x 2 inch square = 9 rows of 10 stitches.

NOTES
This pattern uses only single crochet and is worked in rows from the bottom up. It calls for a single crochet chainless foundation row only because it is how I made my samples. The pattern is not adjusted for the slightly larger foundation row, meaning your stripes may not be perfectly even. If your preferred beginning method is a chain, substitute this for Row 1: ch 25, turn, sc 24 across beginning in second chain from hook, ch 1, turn. (24 sc)

LET’S CROCHET!
Row 1: (purple) Foundation sc 24, ch 1, turn [24 st]
Row 2-4: (purple) sc 24 st across, ch 1, turn [24 st]
Row 5-8: (white) sc 24 st across, ch 1, turn [24 st]
Row 9-12: (gray) sc 24 st across, ch 1, turn [24 st]
Row 13-16: (black) sc 24 st across, ch 1, turn [24 st]
Finish and fasten off. Weave in ends.

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