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Free knit colorwork pattern
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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. 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
- 50 × 50
- Colors
- 2
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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.
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Materials
909g total · 2 colors
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Bernat · Blanket · Dark Grey
681 stitches · ~454g · 2 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
1,819 stitches · ~455g · 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. — 8-12.75 mm (US 11-17)
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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
advanced- Strands at once
- 11
- Color changes
- 254
- Ends · intarsia
- 6
- Ends · tapestry
- 4
- Up to 11 strands will be active in a single row — wind one bobbin per strand before you start to avoid tangles.
Written instructions
- ABernat Dark 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 RSk50 B
- 2 WSp50 B
- 3 RSk18 Bk10 Ak22 B
- 4 WSp18 Bp18 Ap14 B
- 5 RSk12 Bk23 Ak15 B
- 6 WSp14 Bp26 Ap10 B
- 7 RSk9 Bk8 Ak12 Bk8 Ak13 B
- 8 WSp11 Bp7 Ap18 Bp6 Ap8 B
- 9 RSk7 Bk6 Ak21 Bk6 Ak10 B
- 10 WSp9 Bp6 Ap24 Bp5 Ap6 B
- 11 RSk5 Bk5 Ak26 Bk6 Ak8 B
- 12 WSp7 Bp6 Ap28 Bp4 Ap5 B
- 13 RSk4 Bk5 Ak29 Bk6 Ak6 B
- 14 WSp5 Bp6 Ap31 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 15 RSk3 Bk4 Ak33 Bk6 Ak4 B
- 16 WSp4 Bp5 Ap34 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 17 RSk3 Bk4 Ak35 Bk5 Ak3 B
- 18 WSp2 Bp5 Ap6 Bp3 Ap28 Bp3 Ap3 B
- 19 RSk2 Bk4 Ak28 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 20 WSp2 Bp4 Ap5 Bp5 Ap28 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 21 RSk2 Bk4 Ak29 Bk5 Ak4 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 22 WSp3 Bp4 Ap2 Bp6 Ap29 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 23 RSk2 Bk4 Ak30 Bk11 Ak3 B
- 24 WSp4 Bp10 Ap30 Bp4 Ap2 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk2 Bk4 Ak30 Bk9 Ak5 B
- 26 WSp11 Bp3 Ap23 Bp1 Ap6 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 27 RSk2 Bk4 Ak5 Bk3 Ak14 Bk2 Ak6 Bk3 Ak11 B
- 28 WSp11 Bp3 Ap5 Bp4 Ap5 Bp2 Ap6 Bp3 Ap5 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 29 RSk2 Bk4 Ak5 Bk3 Ak5 Bk4 Ak4 Bk4 Ak5 Bk3 Ak11 B
- 30 WSp11 Bp3 Ap5 Bp4 Ap4 Bp4 Ap5 Bp3 Ap5 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 31 RSk2 Bk4 Ak5 Bk3 Ak5 Bk4 Ak4 Bk4 Ak5 Bk3 Ak11 B
- 32 WSp11 Bp3 Ap5 Bp4 Ap4 Bp4 Ap5 Bp3 Ap5 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 33 RSk2 Bk4 Ak5 Bk3 Ak5 Bk4 Ak4 Bk4 Ak5 Bk3 Ak11 B
- 34 WSp11 Bp3 Ap5 Bp4 Ap4 Bp4 Ap4 Bp5 Ap4 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 35 RSk2 Bk4 Ak4 Bk4 Ak5 Bk4 Ak4 Bk4 Ak5 Bk3 Ak11 B
- 36 WSp11 Bp3 Ap5 Bp4 Ap4 Bp4 Ap5 Bp5 Ap1 Bp5 Ap3 B
- 37 RSk3 Bk11 Ak5 Bk4 Ak4 Bk4 Ak5 Bk3 Ak11 B
- 38 WSp11 Bp3 Ap5 Bp4 Ap4 Bp4 Ap5 Bp10 Ap4 B
- 39 RSk5 Bk10 Ak4 Bk4 Ak4 Bk4 Ak4 Bk4 Ak11 B
- 40 WSp11 Bp5 Ap2 Bp5 Ap4 Bp5 Ap2 Bp5 Ap11 B
- 41 RSk11 Bk12 Ak4 Bk12 Ak11 B
- 42 WSp12 Bp11 Ap4 Bp11 Ap12 B
- 43 RSk13 Bk10 Ak4 Bk10 Ak13 B
- 44 WSp19 Bp5 Ap2 Bp5 Ap19 B
- 45 RSk20 Bk10 Ak20 B
- 46 WSp20 Bp10 Ap20 B
- 47 RSk21 Bk8 Ak21 B
- 48 WSp24 Bp2 Ap24 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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