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Free knit colorwork pattern
Magnet
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
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.
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Materials
625g total · 2 colors
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Bernat · Super Value · True Grey
652 stitches · ~163g · 1 skein
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Bernat · Super Value · White
1,848 stitches · ~462g · 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
advanced- Strands at once
- 11
- Color changes
- 228
- Ends · intarsia
- 10
- 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 True 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 RSk22 Bk2 Ak26 B
- 4 WSp25 Bp4 Ap21 B
- 5 RSk20 Bk6 Ak24 B
- 6 WSp23 Bp8 Ap19 B
- 7 RSk18 Bk10 Ak22 B
- 8 WSp21 Bp5 Ap2 Bp5 Ap17 B
- 9 RSk16 Bk5 Ak4 Bk5 Ak20 B
- 10 WSp19 Bp5 Ap6 Bp5 Ap15 B
- 11 RSk14 Bk6 Ak7 Bk5 Ak18 B
- 12 WSp17 Bp5 Ap8 Bp7 Ap13 B
- 13 RSk12 Bk9 Ak7 Bk5 Ak17 B
- 14 WSp17 Bp5 Ap6 Bp5 Ap1 Bp5 Ap11 B
- 15 RSk10 Bk5 Ak3 Bk5 Ak4 Bk5 Ak18 B
- 16 WSp19 Bp5 Ap2 Bp5 Ap5 Bp5 Ap9 B
- 17 RSk8 Bk5 Ak7 Bk10 Ak20 B
- 18 WSp11 Bp3 Ap7 Bp8 Ap9 Bp5 Ap7 B
- 19 RSk6 Bk5 Ak11 Bk6 Ak7 Bk5 Ak10 B
- 20 WSp9 Bp7 Ap7 Bp5 Ap12 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 21 RSk5 Bk4 Ak12 Bk5 Ak7 Bk9 Ak8 B
- 22 WSp7 Bp11 Ap7 Bp5 Ap11 Bp4 Ap5 B
- 23 RSk4 Bk4 Ak11 Bk5 Ak7 Bk5 Ak3 Bk5 Ak6 B
- 24 WSp5 Bp5 Ap5 Bp5 Ap7 Bp5 Ap10 Bp4 Ap4 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk4 Bk3 Ak10 Bk5 Ak7 Bk5 Ak7 Bk5 Ak4 B
- 26 WSp3 Bp5 Ap8 Bp6 Ap7 Bp5 Ap9 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 27 RSk3 Bk4 Ak9 Bk4 Ak7 Bk8 Ak8 Bk5 Ak2 B
- 28 WSp2 Bp5 Ap7 Bp10 Ap7 Bp4 Ap8 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 29 RSk3 Bk4 Ak8 Bk4 Ak6 Bk5 Ak2 Bk5 Ak5 Bk5 Ak3 B
- 30 WSp4 Bp5 Ap3 Bp5 Ap4 Bp5 Ap5 Bp4 Ap8 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 31 RSk3 Bk4 Ak9 Bk4 Ak3 Bk5 Ak6 Bk5 Ak1 Bk5 Ak5 B
- 32 WSp6 Bp9 Ap8 Bp11 Ap9 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 33 RSk3 Bk4 Ak10 Bk9 Ak10 Bk7 Ak7 B
- 34 WSp8 Bp5 Ap12 Bp7 Ap11 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 35 RSk4 Bk4 Ak12 Bk3 Ak13 Bk5 Ak9 B
- 36 WSp10 Bp5 Ap27 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 37 RSk4 Bk5 Ak25 Bk5 Ak11 B
- 38 WSp12 Bp5 Ap24 Bp4 Ap5 B
- 39 RSk6 Bk4 Ak22 Bk5 Ak13 B
- 40 WSp14 Bp5 Ap20 Bp5 Ap6 B
- 41 RSk7 Bk5 Ak18 Bk5 Ak15 B
- 42 WSp16 Bp6 Ap14 Bp6 Ap8 B
- 43 RSk9 Bk7 Ak10 Bk7 Ak17 B
- 44 WSp18 Bp22 Ap10 B
- 45 RSk12 Bk18 Ak20 B
- 46 WSp22 Bp15 Ap13 B
- 47 RSk16 Bk10 Ak24 B
- 48 WSp50 B
- 49 RSk50 B
- 50 WSp50 B
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Row tracker
Row 1 of 50 - 2% done
Row 1 (RS) ← k50 B
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