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Free knit colorwork pattern
Message Square 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. 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
625g total · 2 colors
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Lion Brand · Vanna's Choice · Navy
668 stitches · ~167g · 2 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
1,832 stitches · ~458g · 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
- 198
- 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
- ALion Brand Navy
- 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 RSk43 Bk1 Ak6 B
- 6 WSp5 Bp3 Ap42 B
- 7 RSk41 Bk5 Ak4 B
- 8 WSp4 Bp6 Ap40 B
- 9 RSk39 Bk7 Ak4 B
- 10 WSp4 Bp8 Ap38 B
- 11 RSk37 Bk9 Ak4 B
- 12 WSp4 Bp4 Ap1 Bp5 Ap36 B
- 13 RSk35 Bk5 Ak2 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 14 WSp4 Bp4 Ap3 Bp31 Ap8 B
- 15 RSk6 Bk32 Ak4 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 16 WSp4 Bp4 Ap5 Bp32 Ap5 B
- 17 RSk5 Bk5 Ak32 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 18 WSp4 Bp4 Ap33 Bp4 Ap5 B
- 19 RSk4 Bk4 Ak34 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 20 WSp4 Bp4 Ap34 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 21 RSk4 Bk4 Ak34 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 22 WSp4 Bp4 Ap16 Bp2 Ap16 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 23 RSk4 Bk4 Ak15 Bk4 Ak15 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 24 WSp4 Bp4 Ap14 Bp6 Ap14 Bp4 Ap4 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk4 Bk4 Ak13 Bk8 Ak13 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 26 WSp4 Bp4 Ap12 Bp10 Ap12 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 27 RSk4 Bk4 Ak11 Bk5 Ak2 Bk5 Ak11 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 28 WSp4 Bp4 Ap10 Bp5 Ap4 Bp5 Ap10 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 29 RSk4 Bk4 Ak9 Bk5 Ak6 Bk5 Ak9 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 30 WSp4 Bp4 Ap9 Bp4 Ap8 Bp4 Ap9 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 31 RSk4 Bk4 Ak8 Bk4 Ak10 Bk4 Ak8 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 32 WSp4 Bp4 Ap8 Bp4 Ap10 Bp4 Ap8 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 33 RSk4 Bk4 Ak8 Bk4 Ak4 Bk2 Ak4 Bk4 Ak8 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 34 WSp4 Bp4 Ap9 Bp10 Ap2 Bp4 Ap9 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 35 RSk4 Bk4 Ak9 Bk16 Ak9 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 36 WSp4 Bp4 Ap10 Bp14 Ap10 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 37 RSk4 Bk4 Ak11 Bk6 Ak1 Bk5 Ak11 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 38 WSp4 Bp4 Ap34 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 39 RSk4 Bk4 Ak34 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 40 WSp4 Bp4 Ap34 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 41 RSk4 Bk4 Ak34 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 42 WSp5 Bp4 Ap32 Bp4 Ap5 B
- 43 RSk5 Bk40 Ak5 B
- 44 WSp6 Bp38 Ap6 B
- 45 RSk7 Bk36 Ak7 B
- 46 WSp9 Bp32 Ap9 B
- 47 RSk50 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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Pattern code · SLPN v1
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