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Free knit colorwork pattern
Square Pilcrow
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.
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Materials
901g total · 2 colors
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Lion Brand · Vanna's Choice · Forest Green
870 stitches · ~218g · 3 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
2,730 stitches · ~683g · 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. — 7 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
advanced- Strands at once
- 11
- Color changes
- 304
- Ends · intarsia
- 10
- Ends · tapestry
- 4
- Up to 11 strands will be active in a single row — wind one bobbin per strand before you start to avoid tangles.
Written instructions
- ALion Brand Forest Green
- 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 WSp60 B
- 5 RSk60 B
- 6 WSp60 B
- 7 RSk9 Bk42 Ak9 B
- 8 WSp8 Bp44 Ap8 B
- 9 RSk7 Bk46 Ak7 B
- 10 WSp6 Bp5 Ap38 Bp5 Ap6 B
- 11 RSk6 Bk4 Ak40 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 12 WSp6 Bp3 Ap42 Bp3 Ap6 B
- 13 RSk6 Bk3 Ak42 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 14 WSp6 Bp3 Ap42 Bp3 Ap6 B
- 15 RSk6 Bk3 Ak42 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 16 WSp6 Bp3 Ap42 Bp3 Ap6 B
- 17 RSk6 Bk3 Ak10 Bk2 Ak8 Bk2 Ak20 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 18 WSp6 Bp3 Ap19 Bp4 Ap6 Bp4 Ap9 Bp3 Ap6 B
- 19 RSk6 Bk3 Ak9 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak19 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 20 WSp6 Bp3 Ap19 Bp4 Ap6 Bp4 Ap9 Bp3 Ap6 B
- 21 RSk6 Bk3 Ak9 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak19 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 22 WSp6 Bp3 Ap19 Bp4 Ap6 Bp4 Ap9 Bp3 Ap6 B
- 23 RSk6 Bk3 Ak9 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak19 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 24 WSp6 Bp3 Ap19 Bp4 Ap6 Bp4 Ap9 Bp3 Ap6 B
Show all 60 rows
- 25 RSk6 Bk3 Ak9 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak19 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 26 WSp6 Bp3 Ap19 Bp4 Ap6 Bp4 Ap9 Bp3 Ap6 B
- 27 RSk6 Bk3 Ak9 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak19 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 28 WSp6 Bp3 Ap19 Bp4 Ap6 Bp4 Ap9 Bp3 Ap6 B
- 29 RSk6 Bk3 Ak9 Bk4 Ak6 Bk10 Ak13 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 30 WSp6 Bp3 Ap10 Bp13 Ap6 Bp4 Ap9 Bp3 Ap6 B
- 31 RSk6 Bk3 Ak9 Bk4 Ak6 Bk14 Ak9 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 32 WSp6 Bp3 Ap8 Bp15 Ap6 Bp4 Ap9 Bp3 Ap6 B
- 33 RSk6 Bk3 Ak9 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak7 Bk4 Ak8 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 34 WSp6 Bp3 Ap7 Bp4 Ap8 Bp4 Ap6 Bp4 Ap9 Bp3 Ap6 B
- 35 RSk6 Bk3 Ak9 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak8 Bk4 Ak7 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 36 WSp6 Bp3 Ap7 Bp3 Ap9 Bp4 Ap6 Bp4 Ap9 Bp3 Ap6 B
- 37 RSk6 Bk3 Ak9 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak9 Bk3 Ak7 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 38 WSp6 Bp3 Ap7 Bp3 Ap9 Bp4 Ap6 Bp4 Ap9 Bp3 Ap6 B
- 39 RSk6 Bk3 Ak9 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak8 Bk4 Ak7 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 40 WSp6 Bp3 Ap7 Bp5 Ap7 Bp4 Ap6 Bp4 Ap9 Bp3 Ap6 B
- 41 RSk6 Bk3 Ak9 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak6 Bk5 Ak8 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 42 WSp6 Bp3 Ap9 Bp26 Ap7 Bp3 Ap6 B
- 43 RSk6 Bk3 Ak7 Bk25 Ak10 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 44 WSp6 Bp3 Ap11 Bp24 Ap7 Bp3 Ap6 B
- 45 RSk6 Bk3 Ak42 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 46 WSp6 Bp3 Ap42 Bp3 Ap6 B
- 47 RSk6 Bk3 Ak42 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 48 WSp6 Bp3 Ap42 Bp3 Ap6 B
- 49 RSk6 Bk3 Ak42 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 50 WSp6 Bp4 Ap40 Bp4 Ap6 B
- 51 RSk6 Bk5 Ak38 Bk5 Ak6 B
- 52 WSp7 Bp46 Ap7 B
- 53 RSk8 Bk44 Ak8 B
- 54 WSp9 Bp42 Ap9 B
- 55 RSk60 B
- 56 WSp60 B
- 57 RSk60 B
- 58 WSp60 B
- 59 RSk60 B
- 60 WSp60 B
Work the pattern · row tracker
Row tracker
Row 1 of 60 - 2% done · tap the chart to pin the exact stitch you’re on
Row 1 (RS) ← k60 B
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Pattern code · SLPN v1
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