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Free knit colorwork pattern
Earth Lock
By StitchingLab ·
This 60×60 chart finishes at roughly 12×9 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
- 60 × 60
- Colors
- 2
Make it fit your project
This chart is 60×60 stitches — about 12×9″ 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
900g total · 2 colors
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Lion Brand · Vanna's Choice · Navy
976 stitches · ~244g · 3 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
2,624 stitches · ~656g · 4 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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Yarn Ball Winder
Center-pull cakes feed evenly and stand still while you work — worth it once a project runs to many skeins. — 7 skeins wind into tidy center-pull cakes
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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
- 316
- Ends · intarsia
- 14
- 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 Navy
- 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 RSk60 B
- 2 WSp60 B
- 3 RSk60 B
- 4 WSp26 Bp8 Ap26 B
- 5 RSk21 Bk17 Ak22 B
- 6 WSp19 Bp22 Ap19 B
- 7 RSk17 Bk26 Ak17 B
- 8 WSp16 Bp8 Ap2 Bp3 Ap6 Bp9 Ap16 B
- 9 RSk14 Bk10 Ak7 Bk3 Ak5 Bk7 Ak14 B
- 10 WSp13 Bp6 Ap7 Bp3 Ap7 Bp3 Ap2 Bp6 Ap13 B
- 11 RSk12 Bk5 Ak4 Bk3 Ak7 Bk3 Ak9 Bk5 Ak12 B
- 12 WSp11 Bp5 Ap10 Bp3 Ap7 Bp3 Ap5 Bp5 Ap11 B
- 13 RSk10 Bk5 Ak6 Bk3 Ak7 Bk3 Ak11 Bk5 Ak10 B
- 14 WSp9 Bp5 Ap12 Bp3 Ap7 Bp3 Ap7 Bp5 Ap9 B
- 15 RSk8 Bk5 Ak8 Bk3 Ak7 Bk3 Ak13 Bk5 Ak8 B
- 16 WSp8 Bp4 Ap14 Bp3 Ap7 Bp3 Ap9 Bp4 Ap8 B
- 17 RSk7 Bk4 Ak10 Bk3 Ak7 Bk4 Ak14 Bk4 Ak7 B
- 18 WSp6 Bp4 Ap14 Bp5 Ap7 Bp3 Ap11 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 19 RSk6 Bk4 Ak11 Bk3 Ak8 Bk7 Ak11 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 20 WSp5 Bp4 Ap10 Bp9 Ap8 Bp4 Ap11 Bp4 Ap5 B
- 21 RSk5 Bk4 Ak10 Bk5 Ak10 Bk9 Ak8 Bk4 Ak5 B
- 22 WSp5 Bp3 Ap9 Bp7 Ap13 Bp19 Ap4 B
- 23 RSk4 Bk18 Ak17 Bk5 Ak8 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 24 WSp4 Bp4 Ap8 Bp4 Ap19 Bp16 Ap5 B
Show all 60 rows
- 25 RSk41 Bk3 Ak9 Bk3 Ak4 B
- 26 WSp4 Bp3 Ap9 Bp3 Ap41 B
- 27 RSk41 Bk3 Ak9 Bk4 Ak3 B
- 28 WSp3 Bp4 Ap9 Bp3 Ap41 B
- 29 RSk41 Bk3 Ak9 Bk4 Ak3 B
- 30 WSp3 Bp4 Ap8 Bp4 Ap41 B
- 31 RSk41 Bk5 Ak7 Bk4 Ak3 B
- 32 WSp3 Bp15 Ap17 Bp20 Ap5 B
- 33 RSk4 Bk22 Ak17 Bk14 Ak3 B
- 34 WSp3 Bp13 Ap18 Bp22 Ap4 B
- 35 RSk3 Bk4 Ak16 Bk4 Ak26 Bk3 Ak4 B
- 36 WSp4 Bp3 Ap26 Bp4 Ap16 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 37 RSk3 Bk4 Ak16 Bk4 Ak25 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 38 WSp4 Bp4 Ap25 Bp4 Ap16 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 39 RSk3 Bk4 Ak16 Bk4 Ak7 Bk3 Ak15 Bk3 Ak5 B
- 40 WSp5 Bp4 Ap11 Bp7 Ap6 Bp4 Ap16 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 41 RSk3 Bk4 Ak16 Bk4 Ak6 Bk8 Ak10 Bk4 Ak5 B
- 42 WSp6 Bp4 Ap8 Bp8 Ap7 Bp4 Ap16 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 43 RSk3 Bk4 Ak16 Bk4 Ak11 Bk5 Ak7 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 44 WSp7 Bp4 Ap6 Bp4 Ap12 Bp24 Ap3 B
- 45 RSk4 Bk22 Ak14 Bk4 Ak4 Bk5 Ak7 B
- 46 WSp8 Bp5 Ap3 Bp4 Ap15 Bp20 Ap5 B
- 47 RSk6 Bk18 Ak17 Bk3 Ak2 Bk5 Ak9 B
- 48 WSp10 Bp5 Ap1 Bp3 Ap19 Bp4 Ap6 Bp4 Ap8 B
- 49 RSk8 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak19 Bk8 Ak11 B
- 50 WSp12 Bp7 Ap19 Bp4 Ap6 Bp4 Ap8 B
- 51 RSk8 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak19 Bk6 Ak13 B
- 52 WSp14 Bp7 Ap17 Bp4 Ap6 Bp4 Ap8 B
- 53 RSk9 Bk4 Ak4 Bk4 Ak15 Bk9 Ak15 B
- 54 WSp17 Bp14 Ap8 Bp12 Ap9 B
- 55 RSk10 Bk10 Ak8 Bk13 Ak19 B
- 56 WSp22 Bp10 Ap9 Bp8 Ap11 B
- 57 RSk13 Bk4 Ak12 Bk5 Ak26 B
- 58 WSp60 B
- 59 RSk60 B
- 60 WSp60 B
Work the pattern · row tracker
Row tracker
Row 1 of 60 - 2% done
Row 1 (RS) ← k60 B
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