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Free knit colorwork pattern
Move Diagonal
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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Lion Brand · Vanna's Choice · Forest Green
294 stitches · ~74g · 1 skein
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Bernat · Super Value · White
2,206 stitches · ~552g · 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
- 5
- Color changes
- 108
- Ends · intarsia
- 4
- Ends · tapestry
- 4
- Up to 5 strands will be active in a single row — wind one bobbin per strand before you start to avoid tangles.
Written instructions
- ALion Brand Forest Green
- 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 RSk39 Bk1 Ak10 B
- 10 WSp9 Bp15 Ap26 B
- 11 RSk25 Bk17 Ak8 B
- 12 WSp9 Bp15 Ap26 B
- 13 RSk35 Bk6 Ak9 B
- 14 WSp9 Bp7 Ap34 B
- 15 RSk33 Bk8 Ak9 B
- 16 WSp9 Bp3 Ap1 Bp5 Ap32 B
- 17 RSk31 Bk5 Ak2 Bk3 Ak9 B
- 18 WSp9 Bp3 Ap3 Bp5 Ap30 B
- 19 RSk29 Bk5 Ak4 Bk3 Ak9 B
- 20 WSp9 Bp3 Ap5 Bp5 Ap28 B
- 21 RSk27 Bk5 Ak6 Bk3 Ak9 B
- 22 WSp9 Bp3 Ap7 Bp5 Ap26 B
- 23 RSk25 Bk5 Ak8 Bk3 Ak9 B
- 24 WSp9 Bp3 Ap9 Bp5 Ap24 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk23 Bk5 Ak11 Bk1 Ak10 B
- 26 WSp23 Bp5 Ap11 Bp1 Ap10 B
- 27 RSk9 Bk3 Ak9 Bk5 Ak24 B
- 28 WSp25 Bp5 Ap8 Bp3 Ap9 B
- 29 RSk9 Bk3 Ak7 Bk5 Ak26 B
- 30 WSp27 Bp5 Ap6 Bp3 Ap9 B
- 31 RSk9 Bk3 Ak5 Bk5 Ak28 B
- 32 WSp29 Bp5 Ap4 Bp3 Ap9 B
- 33 RSk9 Bk3 Ak3 Bk5 Ak30 B
- 34 WSp31 Bp5 Ap2 Bp3 Ap9 B
- 35 RSk9 Bk3 Ak1 Bk5 Ak32 B
- 36 WSp33 Bp8 Ap9 B
- 37 RSk9 Bk7 Ak34 B
- 38 WSp35 Bp6 Ap9 B
- 39 RSk9 Bk15 Ak26 B
- 40 WSp25 Bp17 Ap8 B
- 41 RSk9 Bk15 Ak26 B
- 42 WSp39 Bp1 Ap10 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 · 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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SLPN/1/K/50x50/2:2D4A3D,F8F8F8/B:_________________________________________________________________________v_____wAB_____4AAP_____AAH______-B_______Af______gH______wR______4Mf_____8HH_____-Dx______B8f_____g_H_____wfx_____4P8f____8H_H____-D_7___f_B_____j_g_____4_wf____-P4P_____j8H_____4-D_____-PB______jg______4wf_____-IP______gH______4D______-B_______gAD_____wAAf____-AAP_____3________________________________________________________________________8A/LB-VC-FO:0,BN-SV-WH:1
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