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Free knit colorwork pattern
Monitor Up
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
626g total · 2 colors
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Knit Picks · Brava Worsted · Fjord
722 stitches · ~181g · 2 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
1,778 stitches · ~445g · 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
- 182
- Ends · intarsia
- 8
- 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
- AKnit Picks Fjord
- 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 RSk16 Bk18 Ak16 B
- 6 WSp15 Bp20 Ap15 B
- 7 RSk15 Bk20 Ak15 B
- 8 WSp15 Bp20 Ap15 B
- 9 RSk23 Bk4 Ak23 B
- 10 WSp23 Bp4 Ap23 B
- 11 RSk23 Bk4 Ak23 B
- 12 WSp23 Bp4 Ap23 B
- 13 RSk23 Bk4 Ak23 B
- 14 WSp5 Bp40 Ap5 B
- 15 RSk4 Bk42 Ak4 B
- 16 WSp3 Bp44 Ap3 B
- 17 RSk3 Bk5 Ak16 Bk2 Ak16 Bk5 Ak3 B
- 18 WSp2 Bp4 Ap38 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 19 RSk2 Bk4 Ak38 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 20 WSp2 Bp4 Ap38 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 21 RSk2 Bk4 Ak38 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 22 WSp2 Bp4 Ap18 Bp2 Ap18 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 23 RSk2 Bk4 Ak17 Bk4 Ak17 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 24 WSp2 Bp4 Ap17 Bp4 Ap17 Bp4 Ap2 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk2 Bk4 Ak17 Bk4 Ak17 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 26 WSp2 Bp4 Ap17 Bp4 Ap17 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 27 RSk2 Bk4 Ak17 Bk4 Ak17 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 28 WSp2 Bp4 Ap12 Bp1 Ap4 Bp4 Ap4 Bp1 Ap12 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 29 RSk2 Bk4 Ak11 Bk4 Ak2 Bk4 Ak2 Bk4 Ak11 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 30 WSp2 Bp4 Ap11 Bp5 Ap1 Bp4 Ap1 Bp5 Ap11 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 31 RSk2 Bk4 Ak11 Bk16 Ak11 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 32 WSp2 Bp4 Ap12 Bp14 Ap12 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 33 RSk2 Bk4 Ak13 Bk12 Ak13 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 34 WSp2 Bp4 Ap14 Bp10 Ap14 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 35 RSk2 Bk4 Ak15 Bk8 Ak15 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 36 WSp2 Bp4 Ap16 Bp6 Ap16 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 37 RSk2 Bk4 Ak17 Bk4 Ak17 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 38 WSp2 Bp4 Ap38 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 39 RSk2 Bk4 Ak38 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 40 WSp2 Bp4 Ap38 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 41 RSk2 Bk4 Ak38 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 42 WSp3 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 43 RSk3 Bk44 Ak3 B
- 44 WSp4 Bp42 Ap4 B
- 45 RSk5 Bk40 Ak5 B
- 46 WSp7 Bp36 Ap7 B
- 47 RSk50 B
- 48 WSp50 B
- 49 RSk50 B
- 50 WSp50 B
Work the pattern · row tracker
Row tracker
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Row 1 (RS) ← k50 B
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