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Free knit colorwork pattern
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By StitchingLab ·
This 60×60 chart finishes at roughly 12×9 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
- 60 × 60
- Colors
- 2
Make it fit your project
This chart is 60×60 stitches — about 12×9″ 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
901g total · 2 colors
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Caron · Simply Soft · Plum Perfect
959 stitches · ~240g · 2 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
2,641 stitches · ~661g · 4 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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Yarn Ball Winder
Center-pull cakes feed evenly and stand still while you work — worth it once a project runs to many skeins. — 6 skeins wind into tidy center-pull cakes
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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
- 254
- Ends · intarsia
- 8
- 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 Plum Perfect
- 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 RSk60 B
- 2 WSp60 B
- 3 RSk60 B
- 4 WSp13 Bp34 Ap13 B
- 5 RSk11 Bk38 Ak11 B
- 6 WSp10 Bp40 Ap10 B
- 7 RSk9 Bk42 Ak9 B
- 8 WSp9 Bp4 Ap34 Bp4 Ap9 B
- 9 RSk8 Bk4 Ak36 Bk4 Ak8 B
- 10 WSp8 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap8 B
- 11 RSk8 Bk4 Ak36 Bk4 Ak8 B
- 12 WSp8 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap8 B
- 13 RSk8 Bk4 Ak36 Bk4 Ak8 B
- 14 WSp4 Bp12 Ap32 Bp4 Ap8 B
- 15 RSk8 Bk4 Ak31 Bk14 Ak3 B
- 16 WSp3 Bp14 Ap31 Bp4 Ap8 B
- 17 RSk8 Bk4 Ak32 Bk12 Ak4 B
- 18 WSp8 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap8 B
- 19 RSk8 Bk4 Ak36 Bk4 Ak8 B
- 20 WSp8 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap8 B
- 21 RSk8 Bk4 Ak36 Bk4 Ak8 B
- 22 WSp8 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap8 B
- 23 RSk8 Bk4 Ak36 Bk4 Ak8 B
- 24 WSp4 Bp12 Ap32 Bp4 Ap8 B
Show all 60 rows
- 25 RSk8 Bk4 Ak31 Bk14 Ak3 B
- 26 WSp3 Bp14 Ap31 Bp4 Ap8 B
- 27 RSk8 Bk4 Ak32 Bk12 Ak4 B
- 28 WSp8 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap8 B
- 29 RSk8 Bk4 Ak15 Bk3 Ak18 Bk4 Ak8 B
- 30 WSp8 Bp4 Ap17 Bp7 Ap13 Bp2 Ap9 B
- 31 RSk21 Bk11 Ak16 Bk4 Ak8 B
- 32 WSp8 Bp4 Ap16 Bp13 Ap19 B
- 33 RSk17 Bk9 Ak2 Bk4 Ak16 Bk4 Ak8 B
- 34 WSp4 Bp12 Ap13 Bp3 Ap5 Bp7 Ap16 B
- 35 RSk15 Bk6 Ak6 Bk4 Ak12 Bk14 Ak3 B
- 36 WSp3 Bp14 Ap12 Bp4 Ap7 Bp6 Ap14 B
- 37 RSk13 Bk6 Ak8 Bk3 Ak14 Bk12 Ak4 B
- 38 WSp8 Bp4 Ap18 Bp4 Ap8 Bp6 Ap12 B
- 39 RSk11 Bk6 Ak9 Bk4 Ak18 Bk4 Ak8 B
- 40 WSp8 Bp4 Ap19 Bp4 Ap9 Bp6 Ap10 B
- 41 RSk9 Bk6 Ak9 Bk5 Ak19 Bk4 Ak8 B
- 42 WSp8 Bp4 Ap20 Bp5 Ap9 Bp6 Ap8 B
- 43 RSk7 Bk6 Ak9 Bk6 Ak20 Bk4 Ak8 B
- 44 WSp4 Bp12 Ap17 Bp6 Ap9 Bp6 Ap6 B
- 45 RSk5 Bk6 Ak9 Bk6 Ak17 Bk14 Ak3 B
- 46 WSp3 Bp14 Ap18 Bp6 Ap9 Bp5 Ap5 B
- 47 RSk4 Bk5 Ak9 Bk6 Ak20 Bk12 Ak4 B
- 48 WSp8 Bp4 Ap25 Bp6 Ap9 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 49 RSk3 Bk4 Ak9 Bk6 Ak26 Bk4 Ak8 B
- 50 WSp8 Bp4 Ap27 Bp6 Ap8 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 51 RSk3 Bk4 Ak7 Bk6 Ak28 Bk4 Ak8 B
- 52 WSp8 Bp4 Ap29 Bp6 Ap6 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 53 RSk4 Bk4 Ak4 Bk6 Ak29 Bk4 Ak9 B
- 54 WSp9 Bp25 Ap9 Bp13 Ap4 B
- 55 RSk5 Bk11 Ak9 Bk25 Ak10 B
- 56 WSp11 Bp24 Ap11 Bp8 Ap6 B
- 57 RSk8 Bk4 Ak14 Bk21 Ak13 B
- 58 WSp60 B
- 59 RSk60 B
- 60 WSp60 B
Work the pattern · row tracker
Row tracker
Row 1 of 60 - 2% done
Row 1 (RS) ← k60 B
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