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Free knit colorwork pattern
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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.
Chart
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Materials
807g total · 2 colors
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Bernat · Blanket · Dark Grey
436 stitches · ~291g · 1 skein
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Bernat · Super Value · White
2,064 stitches · ~516g · 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
intermediate- Strands at once
- 7
- Color changes
- 100
- 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
- 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 RSk50 B
- 4 WSp50 B
- 5 RSk50 B
- 6 WSp50 B
- 7 RSk50 B
- 8 WSp50 B
- 9 RSk50 B
- 10 WSp9 Bp3 Ap38 B
- 11 RSk37 Bk5 Ak8 B
- 12 WSp7 Bp7 Ap12 Bp19 Ap5 B
- 13 RSk4 Bk21 Ak10 Bk9 Ak6 B
- 14 WSp5 Bp5 Ap1 Bp5 Ap10 Bp19 Ap5 B
- 15 RSk33 Bk5 Ak3 Bk5 Ak4 B
- 16 WSp5 Bp3 Ap5 Bp5 Ap32 B
- 17 RSk31 Bk5 Ak14 B
- 18 WSp15 Bp5 Ap30 B
- 19 RSk29 Bk5 Ak16 B
- 20 WSp17 Bp3 Ap30 B
- 21 RSk31 Bk1 Ak18 B
- 22 WSp50 B
- 23 RSk50 B
- 24 WSp26 Bp19 Ap5 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk5 Bk20 Ak25 B
- 26 WSp7 Bp11 Ap7 Bp20 Ap5 B
- 27 RSk5 Bk19 Ak7 Bk13 Ak6 B
- 28 WSp5 Bp15 Ap30 B
- 29 RSk30 Bk15 Ak5 B
- 30 WSp4 Bp4 Ap9 Bp4 Ap29 B
- 31 RSk29 Bk4 Ak9 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 32 WSp4 Bp4 Ap9 Bp4 Ap29 B
- 33 RSk29 Bk4 Ak9 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 34 WSp4 Bp4 Ap9 Bp4 Ap29 B
- 35 RSk29 Bk4 Ak9 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 36 WSp4 Bp4 Ap9 Bp4 Ap29 B
- 37 RSk5 Bk19 Ak5 Bk4 Ak9 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 38 WSp4 Bp4 Ap9 Bp4 Ap4 Bp21 Ap4 B
- 39 RSk5 Bk19 Ak6 Bk15 Ak5 B
- 40 WSp5 Bp15 Ap30 B
- 41 RSk31 Bk13 Ak6 B
- 42 WSp50 B
- 43 RSk50 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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