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Free knit colorwork pattern
Drumstick
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.
Chart
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Materials
626g total · 2 colors
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Knit Picks · Brava Worsted · Marina
529 stitches · ~133g · 2 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
1,971 stitches · ~493g · 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
- 174
- Ends · intarsia
- 8
- 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
- AKnit Picks Marina
- 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 RSk35 Bk3 Ak12 B
- 4 WSp10 Bp7 Ap33 B
- 5 RSk32 Bk9 Ak9 B
- 6 WSp8 Bp11 Ap31 B
- 7 RSk30 Bk5 Ak3 Bk5 Ak7 B
- 8 WSp6 Bp5 Ap5 Bp4 Ap30 B
- 9 RSk30 Bk3 Ak7 Bk6 Ak4 B
- 10 WSp4 Bp6 Ap7 Bp4 Ap29 B
- 11 RSk30 Bk3 Ak9 Bk5 Ak3 B
- 12 WSp3 Bp4 Ap9 Bp4 Ap30 B
- 13 RSk29 Bk5 Ak10 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 14 WSp2 Bp4 Ap11 Bp5 Ap28 B
- 15 RSk27 Bk5 Ak12 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 16 WSp3 Bp4 Ap12 Bp13 Ap18 B
- 17 RSk16 Bk14 Ak7 Bk2 Ak3 Bk5 Ak3 B
- 18 WSp4 Bp10 Ap5 Bp15 Ap16 B
- 19 RSk16 Bk16 Ak3 Bk11 Ak4 B
- 20 WSp6 Bp10 Ap1 Bp6 Ap6 Bp4 Ap17 B
- 21 RSk17 Bk4 Ak7 Bk10 Ak2 Bk2 Ak8 B
- 22 WSp13 Bp8 Ap8 Bp4 Ap17 B
- 23 RSk17 Bk3 Ak10 Bk6 Ak14 B
- 24 WSp15 Bp4 Ap11 Bp4 Ap16 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk16 Bk4 Ak11 Bk4 Ak15 B
- 26 WSp15 Bp4 Ap12 Bp4 Ap15 B
- 27 RSk14 Bk5 Ak12 Bk4 Ak15 B
- 28 WSp15 Bp4 Ap13 Bp5 Ap13 B
- 29 RSk12 Bk5 Ak14 Bk4 Ak15 B
- 30 WSp15 Bp4 Ap15 Bp13 Ap3 B
- 31 RSk3 Bk12 Ak16 Bk4 Ak15 B
- 32 WSp15 Bp4 Ap17 Bp11 Ap3 B
- 33 RSk3 Bk9 Ak18 Bk4 Ak16 B
- 34 WSp16 Bp4 Ap24 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 35 RSk2 Bk4 Ak23 Bk5 Ak16 B
- 36 WSp17 Bp4 Ap23 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 37 RSk2 Bk4 Ak22 Bk5 Ak17 B
- 38 WSp18 Bp5 Ap21 Bp3 Ap3 B
- 39 RSk3 Bk4 Ak20 Bk4 Ak19 B
- 40 WSp19 Bp6 Ap18 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 41 RSk3 Bk5 Ak16 Bk6 Ak20 B
- 42 WSp21 Bp6 Ap15 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 43 RSk5 Bk5 Ak11 Bk7 Ak22 B
- 44 WSp24 Bp8 Ap6 Bp7 Ap5 B
- 45 RSk6 Bk19 Ak25 B
- 46 WSp27 Bp16 Ap7 B
- 47 RSk9 Bk12 Ak29 B
- 48 WSp33 Bp4 Ap13 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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