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Free knit colorwork pattern
Bean
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. Knit stranded, the motif fits a hat brim, sock cuff, or sweater panel. 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
870g total · 2 colors
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Bernat · Blanket · Dark Grey
586 stitches · ~391g · 2 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
1,914 stitches · ~479g · 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. — 8-12.75 mm (US 11-17)
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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
- 7
- Color changes
- 198
- Ends · intarsia
- 8
- Ends · tapestry
- 4
- Up to 7 strands will be active in a single row — wind one bobbin per strand before you start to avoid tangles.
Written instructions
- ABernat Dark Grey
- 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 RSk30 Bk5 Ak15 B
- 4 WSp11 Bp14 Ap25 B
- 5 RSk22 Bk19 Ak9 B
- 6 WSp8 Bp22 Ap20 B
- 7 RSk18 Bk10 Ak8 Bk7 Ak7 B
- 8 WSp6 Bp5 Ap14 Bp9 Ap16 B
- 9 RSk15 Bk7 Ak18 Bk5 Ak5 B
- 10 WSp4 Bp5 Ap21 Bp6 Ap14 B
- 11 RSk12 Bk6 Ak24 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 12 WSp3 Bp4 Ap26 Bp6 Ap11 B
- 13 RSk10 Bk6 Ak27 Bk4 Ak3 B
- 14 WSp3 Bp4 Ap28 Bp5 Ap10 B
- 15 RSk9 Bk5 Ak30 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 16 WSp2 Bp4 Ap31 Bp5 Ap8 B
- 17 RSk7 Bk5 Ak32 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 18 WSp2 Bp4 Ap33 Bp4 Ap7 B
- 19 RSk6 Bk4 Ak34 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 20 WSp3 Bp3 Ap34 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 21 RSk5 Bk4 Ak34 Bk4 Ak3 B
- 22 WSp3 Bp4 Ap9 Bp6 Ap19 Bp4 Ap5 B
- 23 RSk4 Bk4 Ak18 Bk10 Ak6 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 24 WSp4 Bp5 Ap3 Bp13 Ap17 Bp4 Ap4 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk4 Bk4 Ak16 Bk15 Ak2 Bk4 Ak5 B
- 26 WSp5 Bp11 Ap6 Bp5 Ap16 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 27 RSk3 Bk4 Ak15 Bk5 Ak9 Bk8 Ak6 B
- 28 WSp7 Bp9 Ap8 Bp4 Ap15 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 29 RSk3 Bk3 Ak15 Bk4 Ak7 Bk9 Ak9 B
- 30 WSp10 Bp10 Ap5 Bp4 Ap15 Bp3 Ap3 B
- 31 RSk2 Bk4 Ak15 Bk4 Ak4 Bk8 Ak13 B
- 32 WSp16 Bp5 Ap4 Bp4 Ap15 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 33 RSk2 Bk4 Ak15 Bk4 Ak3 Bk5 Ak17 B
- 34 WSp18 Bp4 Ap3 Bp4 Ap15 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 35 RSk2 Bk4 Ak16 Bk4 Ak1 Bk4 Ak19 B
- 36 WSp19 Bp4 Ap1 Bp4 Ap16 Bp3 Ap3 B
- 37 RSk3 Bk4 Ak16 Bk8 Ak19 B
- 38 WSp20 Bp7 Ap16 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 39 RSk3 Bk4 Ak17 Bk6 Ak20 B
- 40 WSp20 Bp5 Ap17 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 41 RSk4 Bk5 Ak16 Bk4 Ak21 B
- 42 WSp22 Bp5 Ap13 Bp5 Ap5 B
- 43 RSk6 Bk5 Ak11 Bk6 Ak22 B
- 44 WSp23 Bp7 Ap6 Bp7 Ap7 B
- 45 RSk8 Bk18 Ak24 B
- 46 WSp26 Bp15 Ap9 B
- 47 RSk11 Bk11 Ak28 B
- 48 WSp31 Bp4 Ap15 B
- 49 RSk50 B
- 50 WSp50 B
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Row tracker
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