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Free knit colorwork pattern
Bird
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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Bernat · Super Value · True Grey
551 stitches · ~138g · 1 skein
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Bernat · Super Value · White
1,949 stitches · ~488g · 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
- 9
- Color changes
- 204
- Ends · intarsia
- 10
- 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
- ABernat True 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 RSk50 B
- 4 WSp50 B
- 5 RSk20 Bk1 Ak8 Bk1 Ak20 B
- 6 WSp19 Bp3 Ap6 Bp3 Ap19 B
- 7 RSk19 Bk4 Ak4 Bk4 Ak19 B
- 8 WSp3 Bp3 Ap13 Bp4 Ap4 Bp4 Ap19 B
- 9 RSk19 Bk4 Ak4 Bk4 Ak12 Bk5 Ak2 B
- 10 WSp3 Bp4 Ap12 Bp4 Ap4 Bp4 Ap19 B
- 11 RSk19 Bk4 Ak4 Bk4 Ak3 Bk2 Ak6 Bk5 Ak3 B
- 12 WSp4 Bp27 Ap19 B
- 13 RSk17 Bk28 Ak5 B
- 14 WSp6 Bp29 Ap15 B
- 15 RSk14 Bk9 Ak2 Bk11 Ak3 Bk5 Ak6 B
- 16 WSp7 Bp4 Ap8 Bp6 Ap6 Bp6 Ap13 B
- 17 RSk12 Bk5 Ak7 Bk5 Ak9 Bk4 Ak8 B
- 18 WSp8 Bp5 Ap9 Bp5 Ap7 Bp5 Ap11 B
- 19 RSk10 Bk5 Ak8 Bk4 Ak9 Bk5 Ak9 B
- 20 WSp10 Bp4 Ap10 Bp4 Ap8 Bp5 Ap9 B
- 21 RSk9 Bk4 Ak9 Bk4 Ak9 Bk5 Ak10 B
- 22 WSp11 Bp5 Ap9 Bp3 Ap10 Bp4 Ap8 B
- 23 RSk8 Bk4 Ak9 Bk4 Ak9 Bk4 Ak12 B
- 24 WSp13 Bp4 Ap8 Bp4 Ap10 Bp4 Ap7 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk7 Bk4 Ak10 Bk4 Ak7 Bk5 Ak13 B
- 26 WSp14 Bp4 Ap7 Bp4 Ap10 Bp4 Ap7 B
- 27 RSk7 Bk3 Ak11 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak15 B
- 28 WSp15 Bp5 Ap5 Bp4 Ap11 Bp3 Ap7 B
- 29 RSk7 Bk3 Ak12 Bk3 Ak4 Bk5 Ak16 B
- 30 WSp17 Bp4 Ap3 Bp4 Ap12 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 31 RSk6 Bk4 Ak12 Bk4 Ak2 Bk5 Ak17 B
- 32 WSp18 Bp9 Ap13 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 33 RSk4 Bk6 Ak13 Bk8 Ak19 B
- 34 WSp20 Bp6 Ap14 Bp7 Ap3 B
- 35 RSk2 Bk8 Ak5 Bk3 Ak7 Bk5 Ak20 B
- 36 WSp21 Bp4 Ap7 Bp3 Ap5 Bp7 Ap3 B
- 37 RSk5 Bk5 Ak5 Bk3 Ak6 Bk4 Ak22 B
- 38 WSp22 Bp5 Ap12 Bp4 Ap7 B
- 39 RSk7 Bk4 Ak11 Bk5 Ak23 B
- 40 WSp24 Bp4 Ap10 Bp5 Ap7 B
- 41 RSk8 Bk5 Ak8 Bk5 Ak24 B
- 42 WSp25 Bp6 Ap5 Bp5 Ap9 B
- 43 RSk9 Bk15 Ak26 B
- 44 WSp27 Bp13 Ap10 B
- 45 RSk12 Bk9 Ak29 B
- 46 WSp32 Bp3 Ap15 B
- 47 RSk50 B
- 48 WSp50 B
- 49 RSk50 B
- 50 WSp50 B
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Row tracker
Row 1 of 50 - 2% done
Row 1 (RS) ← k50 B
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