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By StitchingLab ·
This 50×50 chart finishes at roughly 10×8 inches in worsted-weight stranded knitting, using 2 colors — a clean two-color project — a good first counted chart. As stranded colorwork it drops into a yoke, hat band, or mitten back. The grid, materials estimate, and written row-by-row instructions below are all free; open the chart in the editor to resize it or swap the palette to yarns you already own.
- Stitch type
- Knit colorwork
- Grid
- 50 × 50
- Colors
- 2
Make it fit your project
This chart is 50×50 stitches — about 10×8″ in worsted-weight stranded knitting. Pick a project and the motif rescales onto the right canvas (centered, never stretched), ready to fine-tune in the editor.
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Materials
626g total · 2 colors
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Knit Picks · Brava Worsted · Marina
498 stitches · ~125g · 2 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
2,002 stitches · ~501g · 3 skeins
Project kit
Gear this chart actually calls for
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Interchangeable Circular Knitting Needle Set
Stranded colorwork is easiest in the round; an interchangeable set covers every needle size the CYC chart maps to your yarn weight. — 4.5-5.5 mm (US 7-9)
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Tapestry Needles
Blunt-tip needles for weaving in the ends every color change leaves behind.
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Locking Stitch Markers
Mark pattern repeats, color-section starts, and the first stitch of the round so a miscount never survives a row.
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Sharp Yarn Snips
Small, sharp snips cut yarn clean at every color change — cleaner joins and easier weaving-in than scissors.
Project reality check
intermediate- Strands at once
- 5
- Color changes
- 168
- Ends · intarsia
- 6
- Ends · tapestry
- 4
- Up to 5 strands will be active in a single row — wind one bobbin per strand before you start to avoid tangles.
Written instructions
- AKnit Picks Marina
- BBernat White
Before you start
- Chart shows the right side of the fabric. Worked flat: RS rows knit right to left, WS rows purl left to right.
- For stranded work, catch floats longer than 5 stitches.
- 1 RSk50 B
- 2 WSp50 B
- 3 RSk23 Bk4 Ak23 B
- 4 WSp20 Bp10 Ap20 B
- 5 RSk19 Bk12 Ak19 B
- 6 WSp18 Bp14 Ap18 B
- 7 RSk13 Bk10 Ak4 Bk10 Ak13 B
- 8 WSp11 Bp10 Ap8 Bp10 Ap11 B
- 9 RSk10 Bk10 Ak10 Bk10 Ak10 B
- 10 WSp9 Bp10 Ap12 Bp10 Ap9 B
- 11 RSk8 Bk5 Ak24 Bk5 Ak8 B
- 12 WSp7 Bp5 Ap26 Bp5 Ap7 B
- 13 RSk7 Bk4 Ak28 Bk4 Ak7 B
- 14 WSp6 Bp4 Ap30 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 15 RSk6 Bk4 Ak30 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 16 WSp6 Bp4 Ap30 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 17 RSk6 Bk4 Ak30 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 18 WSp6 Bp4 Ap30 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 19 RSk5 Bk5 Ak30 Bk5 Ak5 B
- 20 WSp4 Bp5 Ap32 Bp5 Ap4 B
- 21 RSk3 Bk5 Ak34 Bk5 Ak3 B
- 22 WSp3 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 23 RSk3 Bk4 Ak36 Bk4 Ak3 B
- 24 WSp2 Bp4 Ap38 Bp3 Ap3 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk2 Bk4 Ak38 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 26 WSp2 Bp4 Ap38 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 27 RSk3 Bk3 Ak38 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 28 WSp3 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 29 RSk3 Bk4 Ak36 Bk4 Ak3 B
- 30 WSp3 Bp5 Ap34 Bp5 Ap3 B
- 31 RSk4 Bk5 Ak32 Bk5 Ak4 B
- 32 WSp5 Bp5 Ap30 Bp5 Ap5 B
- 33 RSk6 Bk4 Ak30 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 34 WSp6 Bp4 Ap30 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 35 RSk6 Bk4 Ak30 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 36 WSp6 Bp4 Ap30 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 37 RSk6 Bk4 Ak30 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 38 WSp7 Bp4 Ap28 Bp4 Ap7 B
- 39 RSk7 Bk5 Ak26 Bk5 Ak7 B
- 40 WSp8 Bp5 Ap24 Bp5 Ap8 B
- 41 RSk9 Bk10 Ak12 Bk10 Ak9 B
- 42 WSp10 Bp10 Ap10 Bp10 Ap10 B
- 43 RSk11 Bk10 Ak8 Bk10 Ak11 B
- 44 WSp13 Bp10 Ap4 Bp10 Ap13 B
- 45 RSk18 Bk14 Ak18 B
- 46 WSp19 Bp12 Ap19 B
- 47 RSk20 Bk10 Ak20 B
- 48 WSp23 Bp4 Ap23 B
- 49 RSk50 B
- 50 WSp50 B
Work the pattern · row tracker
Row tracker
Row 1 of 50 - 2% done · tap the chart to pin the exact stitch you’re on
Row 1 (RS) ← k50 B
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Pattern code · SLPN v1
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