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Free knit colorwork pattern
Hourglass
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
625g total · 2 colors
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Knit Picks · Brava Worsted · Rouge
556 stitches · ~139g · 2 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
1,944 stitches · ~486g · 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
- 5
- Color changes
- 156
- Ends · intarsia
- 8
- Ends · tapestry
- 4
- Up to 5 strands will be active in a single row — wind one bobbin per strand before you start to avoid tangles.
Written instructions
- AKnit Picks Rouge
- 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 RSk10 Bk30 Ak10 B
- 4 WSp9 Bp32 Ap9 B
- 5 RSk9 Bk32 Ak9 B
- 6 WSp9 Bp32 Ap9 B
- 7 RSk13 Bk3 Ak18 Bk3 Ak13 B
- 8 WSp13 Bp3 Ap18 Bp3 Ap13 B
- 9 RSk13 Bk3 Ak18 Bk3 Ak13 B
- 10 WSp13 Bp3 Ap18 Bp3 Ap13 B
- 11 RSk13 Bk3 Ak18 Bk3 Ak13 B
- 12 WSp13 Bp3 Ap18 Bp3 Ap13 B
- 13 RSk13 Bk3 Ak18 Bk3 Ak13 B
- 14 WSp13 Bp4 Ap16 Bp4 Ap13 B
- 15 RSk13 Bk4 Ak16 Bk4 Ak13 B
- 16 WSp13 Bp5 Ap14 Bp5 Ap13 B
- 17 RSk14 Bk5 Ak12 Bk5 Ak14 B
- 18 WSp15 Bp5 Ap10 Bp5 Ap15 B
- 19 RSk16 Bk5 Ak8 Bk5 Ak16 B
- 20 WSp17 Bp5 Ap6 Bp5 Ap17 B
- 21 RSk18 Bk5 Ak4 Bk5 Ak18 B
- 22 WSp19 Bp5 Ap2 Bp5 Ap19 B
- 23 RSk20 Bk10 Ak20 B
- 24 WSp21 Bp8 Ap21 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk22 Bk6 Ak22 B
- 26 WSp22 Bp6 Ap22 B
- 27 RSk21 Bk8 Ak21 B
- 28 WSp20 Bp10 Ap20 B
- 29 RSk19 Bk5 Ak2 Bk5 Ak19 B
- 30 WSp18 Bp5 Ap4 Bp5 Ap18 B
- 31 RSk17 Bk5 Ak6 Bk5 Ak17 B
- 32 WSp16 Bp5 Ap8 Bp5 Ap16 B
- 33 RSk15 Bk5 Ak10 Bk5 Ak15 B
- 34 WSp14 Bp5 Ap12 Bp5 Ap14 B
- 35 RSk13 Bk5 Ak14 Bk5 Ak13 B
- 36 WSp13 Bp4 Ap16 Bp4 Ap13 B
- 37 RSk13 Bk4 Ak16 Bk4 Ak13 B
- 38 WSp13 Bp3 Ap18 Bp3 Ap13 B
- 39 RSk13 Bk3 Ak18 Bk3 Ak13 B
- 40 WSp13 Bp3 Ap18 Bp3 Ap13 B
- 41 RSk13 Bk3 Ak18 Bk3 Ak13 B
- 42 WSp13 Bp3 Ap18 Bp3 Ap13 B
- 43 RSk13 Bk3 Ak18 Bk3 Ak13 B
- 44 WSp13 Bp3 Ap18 Bp3 Ap13 B
- 45 RSk9 Bk32 Ak9 B
- 46 WSp9 Bp32 Ap9 B
- 47 RSk9 Bk32 Ak9 B
- 48 WSp10 Bp30 Ap10 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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