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Free knit colorwork pattern
Shower Head
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. Knit stranded, the motif fits a hat brim, sock cuff, or sweater panel. 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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Bernat · Super Value · Dusty Blue
319 stitches · ~80g · 1 skein
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Bernat · Super Value · White
2,181 stitches · ~546g · 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
- 136
- Ends · intarsia
- 20
- 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
- ABernat Dusty Blue
- 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 WSp21 Bp4 Ap25 B
- 9 RSk25 Bk4 Ak21 B
- 10 WSp22 Bp2 Ap26 B
- 11 RSk50 B
- 12 WSp50 B
- 13 RSk50 B
- 14 WSp28 Bp3 Ap19 B
- 15 RSk19 Bk4 Ak27 B
- 16 WSp19 Bp3 Ap6 Bp3 Ap19 B
- 17 RSk27 Bk4 Ak19 B
- 18 WSp9 Bp3 Ap7 Bp3 Ap28 B
- 19 RSk37 Bk4 Ak9 B
- 20 WSp9 Bp5 Ap20 Bp3 Ap13 B
- 21 RSk13 Bk3 Ak19 Bk5 Ak10 B
- 22 WSp11 Bp5 Ap10 Bp2 Ap6 Bp3 Ap13 B
- 23 RSk14 Bk1 Ak6 Bk4 Ak8 Bk6 Ak11 B
- 24 WSp10 Bp8 Ap7 Bp4 Ap21 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk22 Bk2 Ak7 Bk9 Ak10 B
- 26 WSp9 Bp4 Ap2 Bp5 Ap21 Bp2 Ap7 B
- 27 RSk7 Bk3 Ak19 Bk5 Ak3 Bk4 Ak9 B
- 28 WSp9 Bp4 Ap4 Bp5 Ap11 Bp1 Ap6 Bp3 Ap7 B
- 29 RSk7 Bk2 Ak6 Bk3 Ak9 Bk5 Ak5 Bk4 Ak9 B
- 30 WSp9 Bp4 Ap6 Bp5 Ap8 Bp3 Ap15 B
- 31 RSk15 Bk3 Ak7 Bk5 Ak7 Bk4 Ak9 B
- 32 WSp9 Bp4 Ap8 Bp5 Ap24 B
- 33 RSk23 Bk5 Ak9 Bk4 Ak9 B
- 34 WSp10 Bp4 Ap9 Bp5 Ap22 B
- 35 RSk21 Bk5 Ak9 Bk5 Ak10 B
- 36 WSp11 Bp5 Ap9 Bp5 Ap20 B
- 37 RSk19 Bk6 Ak8 Bk6 Ak11 B
- 38 WSp10 Bp10 Ap1 Bp11 Ap18 B
- 39 RSk17 Bk24 Ak9 B
- 40 WSp8 Bp5 Ap2 Bp12 Ap2 Bp4 Ap17 B
- 41 RSk17 Bk3 Ak5 Bk8 Ak5 Bk5 Ak7 B
- 42 WSp7 Bp4 Ap39 B
- 43 RSk40 Bk3 Ak7 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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