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Free knit colorwork pattern
Beef
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. In fair-isle knitting this works as a repeating band or a single centered motif. 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
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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.
Chart
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Materials
626g total · 2 colors
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Lion Brand · Wool-Ease · Oxford Grey
729 stitches · ~183g · 3 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
1,771 stitches · ~443g · 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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Yarn Ball Winder
Center-pull cakes feed evenly and stand still while you work — worth it once a project runs to many skeins. — 6 skeins wind into tidy center-pull cakes
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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
- 9
- Color changes
- 236
- Ends · intarsia
- 12
- Ends · tapestry
- 4
- Up to 9 strands will be active in a single row — wind one bobbin per strand before you start to avoid tangles.
Written instructions
- ALion Brand Oxford 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 RSk32 Bk5 Ak13 B
- 4 WSp10 Bp13 Ap27 B
- 5 RSk23 Bk18 Ak9 B
- 6 WSp8 Bp21 Ap21 B
- 7 RSk19 Bk11 Ak7 Bk5 Ak8 B
- 8 WSp7 Bp4 Ap13 Bp9 Ap17 B
- 9 RSk15 Bk8 Ak16 Bk5 Ak6 B
- 10 WSp6 Bp4 Ap19 Bp8 Ap13 B
- 11 RSk12 Bk7 Ak21 Bk5 Ak5 B
- 12 WSp5 Bp13 Ap15 Bp6 Ap11 B
- 13 RSk10 Bk6 Ak13 Bk17 Ak4 B
- 14 WSp4 Bp20 Ap12 Bp5 Ap9 B
- 15 RSk8 Bk5 Ak11 Bk13 Ak4 Bk6 Ak3 B
- 16 WSp3 Bp5 Ap10 Bp10 Ap10 Bp5 Ap7 B
- 17 RSk6 Bk5 Ak9 Bk8 Ak15 Bk4 Ak3 B
- 18 WSp2 Bp4 Ap18 Bp8 Ap8 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 19 RSk5 Bk4 Ak8 Bk7 Ak20 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 20 WSp2 Bp4 Ap22 Bp7 Ap6 Bp4 Ap5 B
- 21 RSk5 Bk4 Ak5 Bk6 Ak24 Bk3 Ak3 B
- 22 WSp3 Bp4 Ap24 Bp6 Ap5 Bp3 Ap5 B
- 23 RSk4 Bk4 Ak4 Bk6 Ak24 Bk5 Ak3 B
- 24 WSp4 Bp5 Ap25 Bp5 Ap3 Bp4 Ap4 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk4 Bk4 Ak3 Bk4 Ak25 Bk5 Ak5 B
- 26 WSp6 Bp5 Ap13 Bp4 Ap8 Bp4 Ap2 Bp3 Ap5 B
- 27 RSk5 Bk3 Ak2 Bk4 Ak6 Bk8 Ak11 Bk4 Ak7 B
- 28 WSp8 Bp4 Ap9 Bp10 Ap6 Bp8 Ap5 B
- 29 RSk5 Bk8 Ak5 Bk12 Ak8 Bk4 Ak8 B
- 30 WSp9 Bp4 Ap7 Bp4 Ap4 Bp4 Ap5 Bp7 Ap6 B
- 31 RSk6 Bk6 Ak5 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak9 B
- 32 WSp10 Bp4 Ap5 Bp4 Ap6 Bp4 Ap5 Bp6 Ap6 B
- 33 RSk7 Bk5 Ak5 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak5 Bk4 Ak10 B
- 34 WSp10 Bp4 Ap5 Bp4 Ap6 Bp4 Ap5 Bp5 Ap7 B
- 35 RSk8 Bk5 Ak4 Bk4 Ak5 Bk5 Ak5 Bk3 Ak11 B
- 36 WSp11 Bp4 Ap5 Bp5 Ap2 Bp5 Ap5 Bp5 Ap8 B
- 37 RSk9 Bk4 Ak5 Bk12 Ak5 Bk4 Ak11 B
- 38 WSp12 Bp4 Ap5 Bp10 Ap5 Bp5 Ap9 B
- 39 RSk10 Bk4 Ak7 Bk6 Ak7 Bk4 Ak12 B
- 40 WSp12 Bp5 Ap18 Bp5 Ap10 B
- 41 RSk11 Bk5 Ak16 Bk5 Ak13 B
- 42 WSp14 Bp5 Ap14 Bp5 Ap12 B
- 43 RSk13 Bk5 Ak12 Bk5 Ak15 B
- 44 WSp16 Bp7 Ap6 Bp8 Ap13 B
- 45 RSk15 Bk18 Ak17 B
- 46 WSp18 Bp16 Ap16 B
- 47 RSk18 Bk12 Ak20 B
- 48 WSp24 Bp4 Ap22 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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