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Free knit colorwork pattern
Squirrel
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
1274g total · 2 colors
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Bernat · Blanket · Dark Grey
895 stitches · ~597g · 2 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
2,705 stitches · ~677g · 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. — 8-12.75 mm (US 11-17)
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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
advanced- Strands at once
- 11
- Color changes
- 310
- Ends · intarsia
- 8
- 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
- ABernat Dark 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 RSk60 B
- 2 WSp60 B
- 3 RSk60 B
- 4 WSp17 Bp29 Ap14 B
- 5 RSk13 Bk33 Ak14 B
- 6 WSp12 Bp35 Ap13 B
- 7 RSk14 Bk35 Ak11 B
- 8 WSp10 Bp6 Ap22 Bp3 Ap19 B
- 9 RSk18 Bk4 Ak24 Bk5 Ak9 B
- 10 WSp8 Bp5 Ap25 Bp4 Ap18 B
- 11 RSk18 Bk4 Ak26 Bk4 Ak8 B
- 12 WSp7 Bp4 Ap27 Bp4 Ap18 B
- 13 RSk18 Bk4 Ak27 Bk4 Ak7 B
- 14 WSp6 Bp4 Ap27 Bp6 Ap17 B
- 15 RSk16 Bk8 Ak26 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 16 WSp6 Bp3 Ap25 Bp12 Ap14 B
- 17 RSk7 Bk12 Ak2 Bk8 Ak12 Bk3 Ak7 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 18 WSp6 Bp3 Ap7 Bp3 Ap12 Bp7 Ap4 Bp13 Ap5 B
- 19 RSk5 Bk11 Ak8 Bk5 Ak12 Bk3 Ak7 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 20 WSp6 Bp3 Ap7 Bp3 Ap32 Bp5 Ap4 B
- 21 RSk4 Bk4 Ak32 Bk4 Ak7 Bk3 Ak6 B
- 22 WSp6 Bp4 Ap6 Bp4 Ap33 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 23 RSk3 Bk4 Ak33 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 24 WSp6 Bp4 Ap7 Bp3 Ap33 Bp4 Ap3 B
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- 25 RSk3 Bk4 Ak32 Bk4 Ak7 Bk3 Ak7 B
- 26 WSp7 Bp4 Ap6 Bp4 Ap32 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 27 RSk3 Bk4 Ak7 Bk2 Ak22 Bk4 Ak7 Bk4 Ak7 B
- 28 WSp7 Bp4 Ap8 Bp4 Ap20 Bp4 Ap6 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 29 RSk3 Bk4 Ak7 Bk2 Ak20 Bk5 Ak7 Bk4 Ak8 B
- 30 WSp8 Bp4 Ap8 Bp5 Ap28 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 31 RSk4 Bk3 Ak27 Bk5 Ak8 Bk4 Ak9 B
- 32 WSp9 Bp5 Ap7 Bp7 Ap24 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 33 RSk4 Bk5 Ak21 Bk8 Ak8 Bk4 Ak10 B
- 34 WSp11 Bp4 Ap8 Bp13 Ap15 Bp4 Ap5 B
- 35 RSk6 Bk5 Ak12 Bk14 Ak7 Bk5 Ak11 B
- 36 WSp12 Bp4 Ap8 Bp13 Ap10 Bp7 Ap6 B
- 37 RSk7 Bk9 Ak7 Bk5 Ak4 Bk4 Ak7 Bk9 Ak8 B
- 38 WSp6 Bp12 Ap7 Bp3 Ap6 Bp3 Ap6 Bp8 Ap9 B
- 39 RSk11 Bk6 Ak5 Bk4 Ak5 Bk4 Ak7 Bk13 Ak5 B
- 40 WSp4 Bp6 Ap3 Bp6 Ap6 Bp4 Ap5 Bp4 Ap5 Bp4 Ap13 B
- 41 RSk13 Bk4 Ak4 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak6 Bk5 Ak6 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 42 WSp4 Bp3 Ap8 Bp4 Ap7 Bp3 Ap6 Bp5 Ap3 Bp4 Ap13 B
- 43 RSk13 Bk4 Ak1 Bk6 Ak7 Bk3 Ak7 Bk3 Ak9 Bk4 Ak3 B
- 44 WSp3 Bp4 Ap9 Bp3 Ap7 Bp3 Ap8 Bp10 Ap13 B
- 45 RSk13 Bk9 Ak9 Bk3 Ak7 Bk3 Ak9 Bk4 Ak3 B
- 46 WSp3 Bp4 Ap19 Bp3 Ap11 Bp7 Ap13 B
- 47 RSk13 Bk4 Ak14 Bk4 Ak18 Bk3 Ak4 B
- 48 WSp4 Bp4 Ap17 Bp4 Ap14 Bp4 Ap13 B
- 49 RSk13 Bk4 Ak15 Bk4 Ak16 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 50 WSp5 Bp4 Ap15 Bp4 Ap15 Bp4 Ap13 B
- 51 RSk13 Bk4 Ak16 Bk4 Ak13 Bk5 Ak5 B
- 52 WSp6 Bp5 Ap11 Bp5 Ap17 Bp2 Ap14 B
- 53 RSk34 Bk6 Ak7 Bk6 Ak7 B
- 54 WSp8 Bp17 Ap35 B
- 55 RSk36 Bk15 Ak9 B
- 56 WSp11 Bp11 Ap38 B
- 57 RSk41 Bk5 Ak14 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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