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Free knit colorwork pattern
Microscope
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. Knit stranded, the motif fits a hat brim, sock cuff, or sweater panel. 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
626g total · 2 colors
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Caron · Simply Soft · Ocean
637 stitches · ~160g · 1 skein
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Bernat · Super Value · White
1,863 stitches · ~466g · 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
- 7
- Color changes
- 150
- Ends · intarsia
- 10
- 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
- ACaron Ocean
- 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 RSk6 Bk38 Ak6 B
- 4 WSp5 Bp40 Ap5 B
- 5 RSk4 Bk42 Ak4 B
- 6 WSp5 Bp40 Ap5 B
- 7 RSk10 Bk8 Ak32 B
- 8 WSp35 Bp6 Ap9 B
- 9 RSk8 Bk5 Ak37 B
- 10 WSp38 Bp5 Ap7 B
- 11 RSk7 Bk4 Ak39 B
- 12 WSp11 Bp20 Ap9 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 13 RSk6 Bk4 Ak9 Bk20 Ak11 B
- 14 WSp11 Bp20 Ap10 Bp4 Ap5 B
- 15 RSk5 Bk4 Ak41 B
- 16 WSp41 Bp4 Ap5 B
- 17 RSk5 Bk3 Ak42 B
- 18 WSp42 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 19 RSk4 Bk4 Ak42 B
- 20 WSp18 Bp6 Ap18 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 21 RSk5 Bk3 Ak17 Bk8 Ak17 B
- 22 WSp17 Bp8 Ap17 Bp3 Ap5 B
- 23 RSk5 Bk4 Ak17 Bk6 Ak18 B
- 24 WSp17 Bp8 Ap16 Bp4 Ap5 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk5 Bk5 Ak13 Bk12 Ak15 B
- 26 WSp14 Bp14 Ap12 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 27 RSk6 Bk5 Ak11 Bk15 Ak13 B
- 28 WSp13 Bp4 Ap7 Bp5 Ap9 Bp5 Ap7 B
- 29 RSk8 Bk5 Ak8 Bk4 Ak8 Bk4 Ak13 B
- 30 WSp13 Bp3 Ap9 Bp4 Ap7 Bp6 Ap8 B
- 31 RSk9 Bk7 Ak5 Bk4 Ak9 Bk3 Ak13 B
- 32 WSp13 Bp3 Ap9 Bp14 Ap11 B
- 33 RSk12 Bk13 Ak9 Bk3 Ak13 B
- 34 WSp13 Bp3 Ap9 Bp11 Ap14 B
- 35 RSk16 Bk9 Ak9 Bk3 Ak13 B
- 36 WSp13 Bp4 Ap7 Bp5 Ap21 B
- 37 RSk21 Bk16 Ak13 B
- 38 WSp13 Bp16 Ap21 B
- 39 RSk21 Bk16 Ak13 B
- 40 WSp15 Bp4 Ap4 Bp4 Ap23 B
- 41 RSk23 Bk4 Ak4 Bk4 Ak15 B
- 42 WSp15 Bp4 Ap4 Bp4 Ap23 B
- 43 RSk23 Bk4 Ak4 Bk4 Ak15 B
- 44 WSp15 Bp4 Ap4 Bp4 Ap23 B
- 45 RSk23 Bk12 Ak15 B
- 46 WSp15 Bp11 Ap24 B
- 47 RSk24 Bk10 Ak16 B
- 48 WSp18 Bp6 Ap26 B
- 49 RSk50 B
- 50 WSp50 B
Work the pattern · row tracker
Row tracker
Row 1 of 50 - 2% done · tap the chart to pin the exact stitch you’re on
Row 1 (RS) ← k50 B
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Pattern code · SLPN v1
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