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Free knit colorwork pattern
Bot Off
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
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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Lion Brand · Vanna's Choice · Chocolate
657 stitches · ~165g · 2 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
1,843 stitches · ~461g · 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
- 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 Chocolate
- 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 RSk3 Bk2 Ak45 B
- 4 WSp44 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 5 RSk2 Bk5 Ak43 B
- 6 WSp42 Bp5 Ap3 B
- 7 RSk4 Bk5 Ak3 Bk26 Ak12 B
- 8 WSp9 Bp36 Ap5 B
- 9 RSk6 Bk36 Ak8 B
- 10 WSp7 Bp36 Ap7 B
- 11 RSk8 Bk5 Ak26 Bk4 Ak7 B
- 12 WSp7 Bp3 Ap26 Bp5 Ap9 B
- 13 RSk10 Bk5 Ak25 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 14 WSp6 Bp4 Ap24 Bp5 Ap11 B
- 15 RSk12 Bk5 Ak23 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 16 WSp6 Bp4 Ap22 Bp5 Ap13 B
- 17 RSk14 Bk5 Ak21 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 18 WSp6 Bp4 Ap7 Bp3 Ap10 Bp5 Ap15 B
- 19 RSk8 Bk1 Ak7 Bk5 Ak8 Bk4 Ak7 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 20 WSp3 Bp7 Ap7 Bp4 Ap7 Bp5 Ap7 Bp7 Ap3 B
- 21 RSk2 Bk8 Ak8 Bk5 Ak6 Bk4 Ak7 Bk8 Ak2 B
- 22 WSp2 Bp8 Ap7 Bp4 Ap5 Bp5 Ap9 Bp8 Ap2 B
- 23 RSk3 Bk7 Ak10 Bk5 Ak4 Bk4 Ak7 Bk7 Ak3 B
- 24 WSp6 Bp4 Ap7 Bp3 Ap4 Bp5 Ap11 Bp4 Ap6 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk6 Bk4 Ak12 Bk5 Ak3 Bk2 Ak8 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 26 WSp6 Bp4 Ap12 Bp5 Ap13 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 27 RSk6 Bk4 Ak14 Bk5 Ak11 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 28 WSp6 Bp4 Ap10 Bp5 Ap15 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 29 RSk6 Bk4 Ak16 Bk5 Ak9 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 30 WSp7 Bp3 Ap8 Bp5 Ap17 Bp3 Ap7 B
- 31 RSk7 Bk4 Ak17 Bk5 Ak6 Bk4 Ak7 B
- 32 WSp7 Bp14 Ap8 Bp14 Ap7 B
- 33 RSk8 Bk15 Ak7 Bk12 Ak8 B
- 34 WSp8 Bp11 Ap8 Bp15 Ap8 B
- 35 RSk10 Bk13 Ak9 Bk8 Ak10 B
- 36 WSp12 Bp5 Ap7 Bp2 Ap24 B
- 37 RSk23 Bk4 Ak7 Bk5 Ak11 B
- 38 WSp10 Bp5 Ap8 Bp4 Ap23 B
- 39 RSk23 Bk4 Ak9 Bk5 Ak9 B
- 40 WSp8 Bp5 Ap10 Bp4 Ap23 B
- 41 RSk23 Bk8 Ak7 Bk5 Ak7 B
- 42 WSp6 Bp5 Ap7 Bp9 Ap23 B
- 43 RSk23 Bk8 Ak9 Bk5 Ak5 B
- 44 WSp4 Bp5 Ap11 Bp5 Ap25 B
- 45 RSk42 Bk5 Ak3 B
- 46 WSp2 Bp5 Ap43 B
- 47 RSk44 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 48 WSp3 Bp2 Ap45 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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