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Free knit colorwork pattern
Hard Hat
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
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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.
Chart
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Materials
625g total · 2 colors
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Lion Brand · Vanna's Choice · Terracotta
632 stitches · ~158g · 2 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
1,868 stitches · ~467g · 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
- 148
- 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
- ALion Brand Terracotta
- 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 RSk50 B
- 6 WSp50 B
- 7 RSk50 B
- 8 WSp50 B
- 9 RSk50 B
- 10 WSp4 Bp42 Ap4 B
- 11 RSk3 Bk44 Ak3 B
- 12 WSp3 Bp44 Ap3 B
- 13 RSk2 Bk4 Ak38 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 14 WSp2 Bp4 Ap38 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 15 RSk2 Bk4 Ak38 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 16 WSp2 Bp4 Ap38 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 17 RSk2 Bk4 Ak38 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 18 WSp2 Bp46 Ap2 B
- 19 RSk3 Bk44 Ak3 B
- 20 WSp4 Bp42 Ap4 B
- 21 RSk6 Bk38 Ak6 B
- 22 WSp6 Bp4 Ap30 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 23 RSk6 Bk4 Ak30 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 24 WSp6 Bp4 Ap30 Bp4 Ap6 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk6 Bk4 Ak30 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 26 WSp7 Bp3 Ap30 Bp3 Ap7 B
- 27 RSk7 Bk3 Ak30 Bk3 Ak7 B
- 28 WSp7 Bp4 Ap9 Bp2 Ap6 Bp2 Ap9 Bp4 Ap7 B
- 29 RSk7 Bk4 Ak8 Bk4 Ak4 Bk4 Ak8 Bk4 Ak7 B
- 30 WSp7 Bp4 Ap8 Bp4 Ap4 Bp4 Ap8 Bp4 Ap7 B
- 31 RSk8 Bk4 Ak7 Bk4 Ak4 Bk4 Ak7 Bk4 Ak8 B
- 32 WSp8 Bp4 Ap7 Bp4 Ap4 Bp4 Ap7 Bp4 Ap8 B
- 33 RSk9 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak4 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak9 B
- 34 WSp9 Bp5 Ap5 Bp4 Ap4 Bp4 Ap5 Bp5 Ap9 B
- 35 RSk10 Bk6 Ak3 Bk4 Ak4 Bk4 Ak3 Bk6 Ak10 B
- 36 WSp11 Bp12 Ap4 Bp12 Ap11 B
- 37 RSk12 Bk11 Ak4 Bk11 Ak12 B
- 38 WSp14 Bp9 Ap4 Bp9 Ap14 B
- 39 RSk16 Bk7 Ak4 Bk7 Ak16 B
- 40 WSp19 Bp4 Ap4 Bp4 Ap19 B
- 41 RSk19 Bk12 Ak19 B
- 42 WSp20 Bp10 Ap20 B
- 43 RSk20 Bk10 Ak20 B
- 44 WSp50 B
- 45 RSk50 B
- 46 WSp50 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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