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Free knit colorwork pattern
Cloud Snow
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
625g total · 2 colors
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Cascade Yarns · 220 Wool · Deep Rose
376 stitches · ~94g · 1 skein
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Bernat · Super Value · White
2,124 stitches · ~531g · 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
- 156
- Ends · intarsia
- 16
- 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
- ACascade Yarns Deep Rose
- 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 RSk24 Bk2 Ak24 B
- 6 WSp23 Bp4 Ap23 B
- 7 RSk23 Bk4 Ak23 B
- 8 WSp24 Bp2 Ap24 B
- 9 RSk50 B
- 10 WSp15 Bp3 Ap14 Bp3 Ap15 B
- 11 RSk15 Bk4 Ak12 Bk4 Ak15 B
- 12 WSp15 Bp3 Ap14 Bp3 Ap15 B
- 13 RSk50 B
- 14 WSp24 Bp2 Ap24 B
- 15 RSk8 Bk1 Ak14 Bk4 Ak23 B
- 16 WSp23 Bp4 Ap13 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 17 RSk5 Bk5 Ak40 B
- 18 WSp7 Bp2 Ap6 Bp3 Ap14 Bp3 Ap5 Bp6 Ap4 B
- 19 RSk4 Bk4 Ak7 Bk3 Ak13 Bk4 Ak5 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 20 WSp5 Bp5 Ap5 Bp3 Ap14 Bp3 Ap7 Bp5 Ap3 B
- 21 RSk3 Bk4 Ak9 Bk1 Ak16 Bk1 Ak7 Bk4 Ak5 B
- 22 WSp4 Bp5 Ap35 Bp3 Ap3 B
- 23 RSk2 Bk4 Ak36 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 24 WSp3 Bp4 Ap37 Bp4 Ap2 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk2 Bk4 Ak37 Bk4 Ak3 B
- 26 WSp3 Bp4 Ap37 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 27 RSk3 Bk4 Ak37 Bk3 Ak3 B
- 28 WSp2 Bp4 Ap37 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 29 RSk3 Bk5 Ak36 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 30 WSp2 Bp4 Ap35 Bp5 Ap4 B
- 31 RSk4 Bk6 Ak34 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 32 WSp2 Bp4 Ap27 Bp12 Ap5 B
- 33 RSk6 Bk13 Ak24 Bk4 Ak3 B
- 34 WSp3 Bp4 Ap24 Bp11 Ap8 B
- 35 RSk10 Bk10 Ak23 Bk4 Ak3 B
- 36 WSp4 Bp4 Ap22 Bp4 Ap16 B
- 37 RSk17 Bk4 Ak21 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 38 WSp5 Bp4 Ap19 Bp5 Ap17 B
- 39 RSk18 Bk5 Ak17 Bk5 Ak5 B
- 40 WSp6 Bp5 Ap15 Bp5 Ap19 B
- 41 RSk19 Bk7 Ak11 Bk6 Ak7 B
- 42 WSp8 Bp8 Ap6 Bp8 Ap20 B
- 43 RSk22 Bk19 Ak9 B
- 44 WSp11 Bp16 Ap23 B
- 45 RSk25 Bk12 Ak13 B
- 46 WSp17 Bp3 Ap30 B
- 47 RSk50 B
- 48 WSp50 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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