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Free knit colorwork pattern
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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
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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.
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Materials
626g total · 2 colors
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Bernat · Super Value · Denim Heather
710 stitches · ~178g · 1 skein
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Bernat · Super Value · White
1,790 stitches · ~448g · 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
- 222
- Ends · intarsia
- 10
- 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 Denim Heather
- 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 RSk9 Bk7 Ak10 Bk15 Ak9 B
- 4 WSp7 Bp19 Ap7 Bp10 Ap7 B
- 5 RSk6 Bk11 Ak5 Bk22 Ak6 B
- 6 WSp5 Bp23 Ap5 Bp12 Ap5 B
- 7 RSk5 Bk4 Ak12 Bk5 Ak15 Bk4 Ak5 B
- 8 WSp4 Bp4 Ap17 Bp4 Ap13 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 9 RSk4 Bk4 Ak13 Bk4 Ak17 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 10 WSp4 Bp4 Ap17 Bp4 Ap13 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 11 RSk4 Bk4 Ak13 Bk4 Ak17 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 12 WSp4 Bp4 Ap7 Bp3 Ap7 Bp4 Ap13 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 13 RSk4 Bk4 Ak13 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak7 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 14 WSp4 Bp4 Ap7 Bp3 Ap7 Bp4 Ap13 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 15 RSk4 Bk4 Ak13 Bk4 Ak17 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 16 WSp4 Bp4 Ap17 Bp4 Ap13 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 17 RSk4 Bk4 Ak13 Bk4 Ak17 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 18 WSp4 Bp4 Ap17 Bp4 Ap13 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 19 RSk4 Bk4 Ak13 Bk4 Ak17 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 20 WSp4 Bp4 Ap17 Bp4 Ap13 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 21 RSk4 Bk4 Ak13 Bk4 Ak17 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 22 WSp4 Bp4 Ap17 Bp4 Ap13 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 23 RSk4 Bk4 Ak13 Bk4 Ak17 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 24 WSp4 Bp4 Ap17 Bp4 Ap13 Bp4 Ap4 B
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- 25 RSk4 Bk4 Ak13 Bk4 Ak17 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 26 WSp4 Bp4 Ap17 Bp4 Ap13 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 27 RSk4 Bk4 Ak13 Bk4 Ak17 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 28 WSp4 Bp4 Ap17 Bp4 Ap13 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 29 RSk4 Bk4 Ak13 Bk4 Ak17 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 30 WSp4 Bp4 Ap17 Bp4 Ap13 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 31 RSk4 Bk4 Ak13 Bk4 Ak16 Bk4 Ak5 B
- 32 WSp5 Bp23 Ap14 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 33 RSk4 Bk4 Ak14 Bk23 Ak5 B
- 34 WSp6 Bp21 Ap15 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 35 RSk4 Bk4 Ak16 Bk18 Ak8 B
- 36 WSp42 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 37 RSk4 Bk4 Ak42 B
- 38 WSp42 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 39 RSk4 Bk4 Ak42 B
- 40 WSp42 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 41 RSk4 Bk4 Ak30 Bk3 Ak9 B
- 42 WSp9 Bp3 Ap30 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 43 RSk4 Bk4 Ak30 Bk3 Ak9 B
- 44 WSp9 Bp4 Ap28 Bp4 Ap5 B
- 45 RSk5 Bk36 Ak9 B
- 46 WSp10 Bp34 Ap6 B
- 47 RSk7 Bk32 Ak11 B
- 48 WSp13 Bp28 Ap9 B
- 49 RSk50 B
- 50 WSp50 B
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Row 1 (RS) ← k50 B
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