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Free knit colorwork pattern
Sailboat
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
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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
995 stitches · ~249g · 2 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
2,605 stitches · ~652g · 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
- 206
- 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 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 WSp12 Bp36 Ap12 B
- 5 RSk10 Bk40 Ak10 B
- 6 WSp8 Bp44 Ap8 B
- 7 RSk7 Bk46 Ak7 B
- 8 WSp6 Bp6 Ap36 Bp6 Ap6 B
- 9 RSk5 Bk5 Ak40 Bk5 Ak5 B
- 10 WSp5 Bp4 Ap42 Bp4 Ap5 B
- 11 RSk4 Bk4 Ak44 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 12 WSp4 Bp4 Ap44 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 13 RSk3 Bk4 Ak46 Bk4 Ak3 B
- 14 WSp3 Bp54 Ap3 B
- 15 RSk3 Bk54 Ak3 B
- 16 WSp3 Bp54 Ap3 B
- 17 RSk4 Bk52 Ak4 B
- 18 WSp23 Bp4 Ap33 B
- 19 RSk33 Bk4 Ak23 B
- 20 WSp23 Bp4 Ap33 B
- 21 RSk33 Bk4 Ak23 B
- 22 WSp23 Bp4 Ap33 B
- 23 RSk33 Bk4 Ak23 B
- 24 WSp7 Bp46 Ap7 B
Show all 60 rows
- 25 RSk6 Bk48 Ak6 B
- 26 WSp6 Bp48 Ap6 B
- 27 RSk6 Bk48 Ak6 B
- 28 WSp7 Bp4 Ap12 Bp4 Ap21 Bp5 Ap7 B
- 29 RSk8 Bk5 Ak20 Bk4 Ak11 Bk5 Ak7 B
- 30 WSp8 Bp4 Ap11 Bp4 Ap19 Bp5 Ap9 B
- 31 RSk10 Bk5 Ak18 Bk4 Ak10 Bk4 Ak9 B
- 32 WSp9 Bp4 Ap10 Bp4 Ap17 Bp5 Ap11 B
- 33 RSk12 Bk5 Ak16 Bk4 Ak9 Bk4 Ak10 B
- 34 WSp10 Bp5 Ap8 Bp4 Ap15 Bp5 Ap13 B
- 35 RSk14 Bk5 Ak14 Bk4 Ak8 Bk4 Ak11 B
- 36 WSp12 Bp4 Ap7 Bp4 Ap13 Bp5 Ap15 B
- 37 RSk16 Bk4 Ak13 Bk4 Ak7 Bk4 Ak12 B
- 38 WSp13 Bp4 Ap6 Bp4 Ap12 Bp4 Ap17 B
- 39 RSk17 Bk5 Ak11 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak13 B
- 40 WSp14 Bp4 Ap5 Bp4 Ap10 Bp5 Ap18 B
- 41 RSk19 Bk5 Ak9 Bk4 Ak4 Bk5 Ak14 B
- 42 WSp15 Bp4 Ap4 Bp4 Ap8 Bp5 Ap20 B
- 43 RSk21 Bk5 Ak7 Bk4 Ak3 Bk4 Ak16 B
- 44 WSp16 Bp4 Ap3 Bp4 Ap6 Bp5 Ap22 B
- 45 RSk23 Bk5 Ak5 Bk4 Ak2 Bk4 Ak17 B
- 46 WSp17 Bp5 Ap1 Bp4 Ap4 Bp5 Ap24 B
- 47 RSk25 Bk5 Ak3 Bk4 Ak1 Bk4 Ak18 B
- 48 WSp19 Bp8 Ap2 Bp5 Ap26 B
- 49 RSk27 Bk4 Ak2 Bk8 Ak19 B
- 50 WSp20 Bp7 Ap1 Bp4 Ap28 B
- 51 RSk28 Bk12 Ak20 B
- 52 WSp21 Bp10 Ap29 B
- 53 RSk30 Bk9 Ak21 B
- 54 WSp22 Bp7 Ap31 B
- 55 RSk32 Bk5 Ak23 B
- 56 WSp23 Bp4 Ap33 B
- 57 RSk34 Bk2 Ak24 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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