Rainbows are created by the refraction and dispersion of the sun’s light by rain or other water droplets in the atmosphere.
![A sundog masquerading as an upside down rainbow](https://usercontent.one/wp/granaryknits.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_20161111_120148-1024x854.jpg)
That’s the official scientific explanation for one of the beauties of nature. No matter how many times I see a rainbow, I have to stop and look at each one.
Recently, I have started knitting rainbows, as well as observing them:
As well as knitted rainbows, I am also partial to just threading them onto wire and hanging them from my earlobes:
creating pendants with rainbow beads:
or just drooling over the beads au naturel!
![A rainbow of beads](https://usercontent.one/wp/granaryknits.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_5497-300x225.jpg)