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Free knit colorwork pattern
Octagon X
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.
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Materials
625g total · 2 colors
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Lion Brand · Vanna's Choice · Burgundy
684 stitches · ~171g · 2 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
1,816 stitches · ~454g · 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
- 9
- Color changes
- 220
- Ends · intarsia
- 8
- Ends · tapestry
- 4
- Up to 9 strands will be active in a single row — wind one bobbin per strand before you start to avoid tangles.
Written instructions
- ALion Brand Burgundy
- 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 RSk17 Bk16 Ak17 B
- 4 WSp15 Bp20 Ap15 B
- 5 RSk13 Bk24 Ak13 B
- 6 WSp12 Bp26 Ap12 B
- 7 RSk11 Bk6 Ak16 Bk6 Ak11 B
- 8 WSp10 Bp6 Ap18 Bp6 Ap10 B
- 9 RSk9 Bk6 Ak20 Bk6 Ak9 B
- 10 WSp8 Bp6 Ap22 Bp6 Ap8 B
- 11 RSk7 Bk6 Ak24 Bk6 Ak7 B
- 12 WSp6 Bp6 Ap26 Bp6 Ap6 B
- 13 RSk5 Bk6 Ak28 Bk6 Ak5 B
- 14 WSp4 Bp6 Ap30 Bp6 Ap4 B
- 15 RSk4 Bk5 Ak32 Bk5 Ak4 B
- 16 WSp3 Bp5 Ap34 Bp5 Ap3 B
- 17 RSk3 Bk4 Ak36 Bk4 Ak3 B
- 18 WSp2 Bp4 Ap11 Bp3 Ap10 Bp3 Ap11 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 19 RSk2 Bk4 Ak11 Bk4 Ak8 Bk4 Ak11 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 20 WSp2 Bp4 Ap11 Bp5 Ap6 Bp5 Ap11 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 21 RSk2 Bk4 Ak12 Bk5 Ak4 Bk5 Ak12 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 22 WSp2 Bp4 Ap13 Bp5 Ap2 Bp5 Ap13 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 23 RSk2 Bk4 Ak14 Bk10 Ak14 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 24 WSp2 Bp4 Ap15 Bp8 Ap15 Bp4 Ap2 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk2 Bk4 Ak16 Bk6 Ak16 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 26 WSp2 Bp4 Ap16 Bp6 Ap16 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 27 RSk2 Bk4 Ak15 Bk8 Ak15 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 28 WSp2 Bp4 Ap14 Bp10 Ap14 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 29 RSk2 Bk4 Ak13 Bk5 Ak2 Bk5 Ak13 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 30 WSp2 Bp4 Ap12 Bp5 Ap4 Bp5 Ap12 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 31 RSk2 Bk4 Ak11 Bk5 Ak6 Bk5 Ak11 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 32 WSp2 Bp4 Ap11 Bp4 Ap8 Bp4 Ap11 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 33 RSk2 Bk4 Ak11 Bk3 Ak10 Bk3 Ak11 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 34 WSp3 Bp4 Ap36 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 35 RSk3 Bk5 Ak34 Bk5 Ak3 B
- 36 WSp4 Bp5 Ap32 Bp5 Ap4 B
- 37 RSk4 Bk6 Ak30 Bk6 Ak4 B
- 38 WSp5 Bp6 Ap28 Bp6 Ap5 B
- 39 RSk6 Bk6 Ak26 Bk6 Ak6 B
- 40 WSp7 Bp6 Ap24 Bp6 Ap7 B
- 41 RSk8 Bk6 Ak22 Bk6 Ak8 B
- 42 WSp9 Bp6 Ap20 Bp6 Ap9 B
- 43 RSk10 Bk6 Ak18 Bk6 Ak10 B
- 44 WSp11 Bp6 Ap16 Bp6 Ap11 B
- 45 RSk12 Bk26 Ak12 B
- 46 WSp13 Bp24 Ap13 B
- 47 RSk15 Bk20 Ak15 B
- 48 WSp17 Bp16 Ap17 B
- 49 RSk50 B
- 50 WSp50 B
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Row tracker
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