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Free knit colorwork pattern
Hand Heart
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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Bernat · Super Value · Denim Heather
601 stitches · ~151g · 1 skein
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Bernat · Super Value · White
1,899 stitches · ~475g · 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
- 9
- Color changes
- 172
- Ends · intarsia
- 8
- 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
- ABernat Denim Heather
- 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 RSk50 B
- 4 WSp50 B
- 5 RSk33 Bk1 Ak16 B
- 6 WSp15 Bp3 Ap32 B
- 7 RSk32 Bk4 Ak14 B
- 8 WSp13 Bp5 Ap32 B
- 9 RSk32 Bk6 Ak12 B
- 10 WSp11 Bp8 Ap31 B
- 11 RSk30 Bk10 Ak10 B
- 12 WSp9 Bp5 Ap1 Bp18 Ap17 B
- 13 RSk15 Bk18 Ak4 Bk5 Ak8 B
- 14 WSp7 Bp5 Ap6 Bp18 Ap14 B
- 15 RSk13 Bk7 Ak19 Bk5 Ak6 B
- 16 WSp5 Bp5 Ap23 Bp5 Ap12 B
- 17 RSk11 Bk5 Ak25 Bk5 Ak4 B
- 18 WSp3 Bp7 Ap25 Bp5 Ap10 B
- 19 RSk9 Bk5 Ak25 Bk9 Ak2 B
- 20 WSp3 Bp9 Ap10 Bp7 Ap8 Bp5 Ap8 B
- 21 RSk7 Bk5 Ak7 Bk10 Ak8 Bk5 Ak3 Bk1 Ak4 B
- 22 WSp9 Bp5 Ap7 Bp11 Ap7 Bp5 Ap6 B
- 23 RSk4 Bk6 Ak7 Bk11 Ak7 Bk5 Ak10 B
- 24 WSp11 Bp5 Ap13 Bp6 Ap6 Bp5 Ap4 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk3 Bk5 Ak6 Bk7 Ak12 Bk5 Ak12 B
- 26 WSp13 Bp5 Ap11 Bp8 Ap6 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 27 RSk2 Bk4 Ak6 Bk9 Ak10 Bk5 Ak14 B
- 28 WSp15 Bp24 Ap5 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 29 RSk2 Bk4 Ak4 Bk6 Ak2 Bk16 Ak16 B
- 30 WSp17 Bp14 Ap4 Bp12 Ap3 B
- 31 RSk3 Bk11 Ak6 Bk12 Ak18 B
- 32 WSp24 Bp5 Ap8 Bp9 Ap4 B
- 33 RSk5 Bk7 Ak10 Bk5 Ak23 B
- 34 WSp23 Bp4 Ap12 Bp5 Ap6 B
- 35 RSk5 Bk5 Ak14 Bk4 Ak22 B
- 36 WSp22 Bp4 Ap15 Bp4 Ap5 B
- 37 RSk5 Bk3 Ak17 Bk4 Ak21 B
- 38 WSp21 Bp4 Ap17 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 39 RSk4 Bk4 Ak17 Bk4 Ak21 B
- 40 WSp21 Bp4 Ap17 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 41 RSk5 Bk4 Ak6 Bk3 Ak6 Bk5 Ak21 B
- 42 WSp22 Bp5 Ap4 Bp5 Ap5 Bp4 Ap5 B
- 43 RSk6 Bk22 Ak22 B
- 44 WSp23 Bp21 Ap6 B
- 45 RSk7 Bk19 Ak24 B
- 46 WSp27 Bp4 Ap4 Bp6 Ap9 B
- 47 RSk50 B
- 48 WSp50 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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