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Free knit colorwork pattern
Feather
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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Lion Brand · Vanna's Choice · Navy
587 stitches · ~147g · 2 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
1,913 stitches · ~479g · 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
- 188
- 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
- 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 RSk50 B
- 2 WSp50 B
- 3 RSk45 Bk2 Ak3 B
- 4 WSp2 Bp4 Ap44 B
- 5 RSk43 Bk5 Ak2 B
- 6 WSp3 Bp5 Ap42 B
- 7 RSk41 Bk5 Ak4 B
- 8 WSp5 Bp5 Ap40 B
- 9 RSk39 Bk5 Ak6 B
- 10 WSp7 Bp23 Ap20 B
- 11 RSk19 Bk23 Ak8 B
- 12 WSp9 Bp23 Ap18 B
- 13 RSk17 Bk6 Ak12 Bk6 Ak9 B
- 14 WSp9 Bp7 Ap13 Bp5 Ap16 B
- 15 RSk15 Bk5 Ak13 Bk8 Ak9 B
- 16 WSp9 Bp3 Ap1 Bp5 Ap13 Bp5 Ap14 B
- 17 RSk13 Bk5 Ak13 Bk5 Ak2 Bk3 Ak9 B
- 18 WSp9 Bp3 Ap3 Bp23 Ap12 B
- 19 RSk11 Bk23 Ak4 Bk3 Ak9 B
- 20 WSp9 Bp3 Ap5 Bp23 Ap10 B
- 21 RSk9 Bk23 Ak6 Bk3 Ak9 B
- 22 WSp9 Bp3 Ap7 Bp5 Ap13 Bp5 Ap8 B
- 23 RSk7 Bk5 Ak13 Bk5 Ak8 Bk3 Ak9 B
- 24 WSp9 Bp3 Ap9 Bp5 Ap13 Bp5 Ap6 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk5 Bk5 Ak13 Bk5 Ak10 Bk3 Ak9 B
- 26 WSp9 Bp3 Ap11 Bp5 Ap13 Bp4 Ap5 B
- 27 RSk4 Bk5 Ak12 Bk5 Ak12 Bk3 Ak9 B
- 28 WSp9 Bp4 Ap12 Bp5 Ap12 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 29 RSk3 Bk4 Ak12 Bk5 Ak13 Bk4 Ak9 B
- 30 WSp9 Bp5 Ap13 Bp5 Ap11 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 31 RSk3 Bk3 Ak11 Bk5 Ak13 Bk5 Ak10 B
- 32 WSp11 Bp5 Ap13 Bp5 Ap10 Bp3 Ap3 B
- 33 RSk2 Bk4 Ak9 Bk5 Ak13 Bk5 Ak12 B
- 34 WSp13 Bp5 Ap13 Bp4 Ap9 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 35 RSk2 Bk4 Ak9 Bk3 Ak13 Bk5 Ak14 B
- 36 WSp15 Bp5 Ap24 Bp3 Ap3 B
- 37 RSk3 Bk4 Ak22 Bk5 Ak16 B
- 38 WSp17 Bp5 Ap21 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 39 RSk3 Bk4 Ak20 Bk5 Ak18 B
- 40 WSp19 Bp5 Ap18 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 41 RSk4 Bk5 Ak16 Bk5 Ak20 B
- 42 WSp21 Bp6 Ap13 Bp5 Ap5 B
- 43 RSk6 Bk5 Ak11 Bk6 Ak22 B
- 44 WSp23 Bp7 Ap6 Bp7 Ap7 B
- 45 RSk8 Bk18 Ak24 B
- 46 WSp26 Bp15 Ap9 B
- 47 RSk11 Bk11 Ak28 B
- 48 WSp31 Bp4 Ap15 B
- 49 RSk50 B
- 50 WSp50 B
Work the pattern · row tracker
Row tracker
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Pattern code · SLPN v1
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