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Free knit colorwork pattern
Book Dashed
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.
Chart
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Materials
626g total · 2 colors
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Cascade Yarns · 220 Wool · Pumpkin Spice
426 stitches · ~107g · 2 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
2,074 stitches · ~519g · 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
- 7
- Color changes
- 160
- Ends · intarsia
- 22
- 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
- ACascade Yarns Pumpkin Spice
- 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 RSk9 Bk4 Ak7 Bk6 Ak7 Bk5 Ak12 B
- 4 WSp10 Bp8 Ap5 Bp8 Ap5 Bp6 Ap8 B
- 5 RSk7 Bk7 Ak5 Bk8 Ak5 Bk10 Ak8 B
- 6 WSp8 Bp10 Ap6 Bp6 Ap6 Bp7 Ap7 B
- 7 RSk7 Bk3 Ak28 Bk5 Ak7 B
- 8 WSp7 Bp4 Ap29 Bp3 Ap7 B
- 9 RSk40 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 10 WSp6 Bp4 Ap40 B
- 11 RSk39 Bk5 Ak6 B
- 12 WSp6 Bp5 Ap39 B
- 13 RSk38 Bk6 Ak6 B
- 14 WSp6 Bp12 Ap6 Bp7 Ap5 Bp7 Ap7 B
- 15 RSk6 Bk8 Ak5 Bk8 Ak4 Bk13 Ak6 B
- 16 WSp6 Bp12 Ap5 Bp8 Ap5 Bp8 Ap6 B
- 17 RSk6 Bk5 Ak29 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 18 WSp6 Bp4 Ap30 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 19 RSk6 Bk4 Ak30 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 20 WSp7 Bp3 Ap30 Bp3 Ap7 B
- 21 RSk8 Bk1 Ak32 Bk1 Ak8 B
- 22 WSp50 B
- 23 RSk50 B
- 24 WSp50 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk50 B
- 26 WSp7 Bp2 Ap32 Bp2 Ap7 B
- 27 RSk7 Bk3 Ak30 Bk3 Ak7 B
- 28 WSp6 Bp4 Ap30 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 29 RSk6 Bk4 Ak30 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 30 WSp6 Bp4 Ap30 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 31 RSk6 Bk4 Ak30 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 32 WSp7 Bp3 Ap30 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 33 RSk6 Bk4 Ak30 Bk3 Ak7 B
- 34 WSp40 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 35 RSk7 Bk3 Ak40 B
- 36 WSp50 B
- 37 RSk50 B
- 38 WSp50 B
- 39 RSk40 Bk3 Ak7 B
- 40 WSp6 Bp4 Ap40 B
- 41 RSk7 Bk3 Ak30 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 42 WSp7 Bp3 Ap30 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 43 RSk6 Bk4 Ak29 Bk4 Ak7 B
- 44 WSp7 Bp5 Ap28 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 45 RSk7 Bk7 Ak6 Bk6 Ak6 Bk10 Ak8 B
- 46 WSp8 Bp10 Ap5 Bp8 Ap5 Bp7 Ap7 B
- 47 RSk8 Bk6 Ak5 Bk8 Ak5 Bk8 Ak10 B
- 48 WSp12 Bp5 Ap7 Bp6 Ap7 Bp4 Ap9 B
- 49 RSk50 B
- 50 WSp50 B
Work the pattern · row tracker
Row tracker
Row 1 of 50 - 2% done
Row 1 (RS) ← k50 B
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Pattern code · SLPN v1
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