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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. As stranded colorwork it drops into a yoke, hat band, or mitten back. 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

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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

  • Lion Brand · Wool-Ease · Oxford Grey

    912 stitches · ~228g · 3 skeins

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  • Bernat · Super Value · White

    2,688 stitches · ~672g · 4 skeins

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Project kit

Gear this chart actually calls for

  • 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.

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Project reality check

intermediate
Strands at once
7
Color changes
238
Ends · intarsia
14
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 Oxford Grey
  • 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. 1 RSk60 B
  2. 2 WSp60 B
  3. 3 RSk60 B
  4. 4 WSp13 Bp34 Ap13 B
  5. 5 RSk11 Bk38 Ak11 B
  6. 6 WSp10 Bp40 Ap10 B
  7. 7 RSk9 Bk42 Ak9 B
  8. 8 WSp9 Bp4 Ap34 Bp4 Ap9 B
  9. 9 RSk8 Bk4 Ak36 Bk4 Ak8 B
  10. 10 WSp8 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap8 B
  11. 11 RSk8 Bk4 Ak36 Bk4 Ak8 B
  12. 12 WSp8 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap8 B
  13. 13 RSk8 Bk4 Ak36 Bk4 Ak8 B
  14. 14 WSp8 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap8 B
  15. 15 RSk8 Bk4 Ak36 Bk4 Ak8 B
  16. 16 WSp8 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap8 B
  17. 17 RSk8 Bk4 Ak7 Bk22 Ak7 Bk4 Ak8 B
  18. 18 WSp8 Bp4 Ap6 Bp24 Ap6 Bp4 Ap8 B
  19. 19 RSk8 Bk4 Ak7 Bk22 Ak7 Bk4 Ak8 B
  20. 20 WSp8 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap8 B
  21. 21 RSk8 Bk4 Ak36 Bk4 Ak8 B
  22. 22 WSp8 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap8 B
  23. 23 RSk8 Bk4 Ak36 Bk4 Ak8 B
  24. 24 WSp8 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap8 B
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  1. 25 RSk8 Bk4 Ak36 Bk4 Ak8 B
  2. 26 WSp8 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap8 B
  3. 27 RSk8 Bk4 Ak7 Bk22 Ak7 Bk4 Ak8 B
  4. 28 WSp8 Bp4 Ap6 Bp24 Ap6 Bp4 Ap8 B
  5. 29 RSk8 Bk4 Ak7 Bk22 Ak7 Bk4 Ak8 B
  6. 30 WSp8 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap8 B
  7. 31 RSk8 Bk4 Ak36 Bk4 Ak8 B
  8. 32 WSp8 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap8 B
  9. 33 RSk8 Bk4 Ak36 Bk4 Ak8 B
  10. 34 WSp8 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap8 B
  11. 35 RSk8 Bk4 Ak36 Bk4 Ak8 B
  12. 36 WSp8 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap8 B
  13. 37 RSk8 Bk4 Ak22 Bk7 Ak7 Bk4 Ak8 B
  14. 38 WSp8 Bp4 Ap6 Bp9 Ap21 Bp4 Ap8 B
  15. 39 RSk8 Bk14 Ak12 Bk7 Ak7 Bk4 Ak8 B
  16. 40 WSp8 Bp4 Ap24 Bp16 Ap8 B
  17. 41 RSk8 Bk17 Ak23 Bk4 Ak8 B
  18. 42 WSp8 Bp4 Ap22 Bp18 Ap8 B
  19. 43 RSk8 Bk5 Ak9 Bk4 Ak22 Bk4 Ak8 B
  20. 44 WSp8 Bp4 Ap21 Bp4 Ap9 Bp5 Ap9 B
  21. 45 RSk9 Bk6 Ak8 Bk4 Ak21 Bk4 Ak8 B
  22. 46 WSp8 Bp4 Ap21 Bp4 Ap7 Bp6 Ap10 B
  23. 47 RSk11 Bk6 Ak6 Bk4 Ak21 Bk4 Ak8 B
  24. 48 WSp8 Bp4 Ap21 Bp4 Ap5 Bp6 Ap12 B
  25. 49 RSk13 Bk6 Ak4 Bk4 Ak21 Bk4 Ak8 B
  26. 50 WSp8 Bp4 Ap21 Bp4 Ap3 Bp6 Ap14 B
  27. 51 RSk15 Bk6 Ak2 Bk4 Ak21 Bk4 Ak8 B
  28. 52 WSp8 Bp4 Ap21 Bp4 Ap1 Bp6 Ap16 B
  29. 53 RSk17 Bk10 Ak20 Bk4 Ak9 B
  30. 54 WSp9 Bp33 Ap18 B
  31. 55 RSk19 Bk31 Ak10 B
  32. 56 WSp11 Bp29 Ap20 B
  33. 57 RSk22 Bk25 Ak13 B
  34. 58 WSp60 B
  35. 59 RSk60 B
  36. 60 WSp60 B

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