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Free knit colorwork pattern
Shuffle
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
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 · Wool-Ease · Oxford Grey
491 stitches · ~123g · 2 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
2,009 stitches · ~503g · 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
- 7
- Color changes
- 162
- 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
- ALion Brand Oxford Grey
- 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 RSk12 Bk1 Ak37 B
- 4 WSp36 Bp3 Ap11 B
- 5 RSk10 Bk4 Ak36 B
- 6 WSp36 Bp5 Ap9 B
- 7 RSk8 Bk5 Ak37 B
- 8 WSp38 Bp5 Ap7 B
- 9 RSk6 Bk5 Ak39 B
- 10 WSp40 Bp5 Ap5 B
- 11 RSk3 Bk6 Ak41 B
- 12 WSp3 Bp8 Ap19 Bp18 Ap2 B
- 13 RSk2 Bk20 Ak15 Bk11 Ak2 B
- 14 WSp3 Bp11 Ap13 Bp21 Ap2 B
- 15 RSk3 Bk6 Ak8 Bk7 Ak11 Bk7 Ak8 B
- 16 WSp11 Bp5 Ap9 Bp5 Ap10 Bp5 Ap5 B
- 17 RSk6 Bk5 Ak10 Bk5 Ak7 Bk5 Ak12 B
- 18 WSp13 Bp4 Ap7 Bp4 Ap10 Bp5 Ap7 B
- 19 RSk8 Bk5 Ak10 Bk3 Ak6 Bk5 Ak13 B
- 20 WSp14 Bp5 Ap6 Bp2 Ap9 Bp5 Ap9 B
- 21 RSk10 Bk4 Ak17 Bk4 Ak15 B
- 22 WSp16 Bp4 Ap16 Bp3 Ap11 B
- 23 RSk12 Bk1 Ak16 Bk5 Ak16 B
- 24 WSp17 Bp5 Ap28 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk28 Bk4 Ak18 B
- 26 WSp18 Bp5 Ap27 B
- 27 RSk26 Bk5 Ak19 B
- 28 WSp20 Bp4 Ap13 Bp1 Ap12 B
- 29 RSk11 Bk3 Ak11 Bk4 Ak21 B
- 30 WSp21 Bp5 Ap10 Bp4 Ap10 B
- 31 RSk9 Bk5 Ak10 Bk4 Ak22 B
- 32 WSp15 Bp2 Ap6 Bp4 Ap10 Bp5 Ap8 B
- 33 RSk7 Bk5 Ak10 Bk5 Ak6 Bk3 Ak14 B
- 34 WSp13 Bp4 Ap7 Bp5 Ap10 Bp5 Ap6 B
- 35 RSk5 Bk5 Ak10 Bk5 Ak8 Bk5 Ak12 B
- 36 WSp9 Bp7 Ap10 Bp6 Ap9 Bp6 Ap3 B
- 37 RSk2 Bk22 Ak11 Bk12 Ak3 B
- 38 WSp2 Bp12 Ap14 Bp20 Ap2 B
- 39 RSk2 Bk19 Ak17 Bk9 Ak3 B
- 40 WSp41 Bp6 Ap3 B
- 41 RSk5 Bk5 Ak40 B
- 42 WSp39 Bp5 Ap6 B
- 43 RSk7 Bk5 Ak38 B
- 44 WSp37 Bp5 Ap8 B
- 45 RSk9 Bk5 Ak36 B
- 46 WSp36 Bp4 Ap10 B
- 47 RSk11 Bk3 Ak36 B
- 48 WSp37 Bp1 Ap12 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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