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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
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.
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Materials
626g total · 2 colors
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Lion Brand · Vanna's Choice · Navy
627 stitches · ~157g · 2 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
1,873 stitches · ~469g · 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
- 210
- 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 Navy
- 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 RSk24 Bk2 Ak24 B
- 4 WSp21 Bp6 Ap23 B
- 5 RSk23 Bk7 Ak20 B
- 6 WSp19 Bp9 Ap22 B
- 7 RSk22 Bk4 Ak1 Bk5 Ak18 B
- 8 WSp17 Bp5 Ap3 Bp4 Ap21 B
- 9 RSk21 Bk4 Ak4 Bk4 Ak17 B
- 10 WSp17 Bp4 Ap5 Bp4 Ap20 B
- 11 RSk20 Bk4 Ak6 Bk3 Ak17 B
- 12 WSp17 Bp4 Ap6 Bp4 Ap19 B
- 13 RSk19 Bk4 Ak6 Bk4 Ak17 B
- 14 WSp17 Bp4 Ap7 Bp4 Ap18 B
- 15 RSk18 Bk4 Ak7 Bk4 Ak17 B
- 16 WSp18 Bp3 Ap8 Bp4 Ap17 B
- 17 RSk17 Bk4 Ak7 Bk4 Ak18 B
- 18 WSp18 Bp4 Ap8 Bp4 Ap16 B
- 19 RSk15 Bk5 Ak8 Bk4 Ak18 B
- 20 WSp6 Bp16 Ap9 Bp13 Ap6 B
- 21 RSk4 Bk15 Ak8 Bk18 Ak5 B
- 22 WSp4 Bp19 Ap9 Bp15 Ap3 B
- 23 RSk3 Bk14 Ak11 Bk19 Ak3 B
- 24 WSp3 Bp4 Ap27 Bp3 Ap6 Bp4 Ap3 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk2 Bk4 Ak7 Bk3 Ak28 Bk3 Ak3 B
- 26 WSp3 Bp3 Ap28 Bp3 Ap7 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 27 RSk2 Bk4 Ak7 Bk3 Ak27 Bk4 Ak3 B
- 28 WSp3 Bp4 Ap27 Bp3 Ap7 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 29 RSk2 Bk4 Ak7 Bk3 Ak27 Bk4 Ak3 B
- 30 WSp4 Bp4 Ap26 Bp3 Ap7 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 31 RSk2 Bk4 Ak7 Bk3 Ak26 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 32 WSp4 Bp4 Ap26 Bp3 Ap7 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 33 RSk2 Bk4 Ak7 Bk3 Ak26 Bk3 Ak5 B
- 34 WSp5 Bp4 Ap25 Bp3 Ap7 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 35 RSk2 Bk4 Ak7 Bk3 Ak25 Bk4 Ak5 B
- 36 WSp5 Bp4 Ap25 Bp3 Ap7 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 37 RSk2 Bk4 Ak7 Bk3 Ak24 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 38 WSp6 Bp4 Ap24 Bp3 Ap7 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 39 RSk2 Bk4 Ak7 Bk3 Ak24 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 40 WSp7 Bp4 Ap23 Bp3 Ap7 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 41 RSk2 Bk4 Ak7 Bk3 Ak23 Bk4 Ak7 B
- 42 WSp7 Bp4 Ap23 Bp3 Ap7 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 43 RSk2 Bk4 Ak7 Bk3 Ak23 Bk3 Ak8 B
- 44 WSp8 Bp4 Ap22 Bp3 Ap6 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 45 RSk3 Bk39 Ak8 B
- 46 WSp9 Bp37 Ap4 B
- 47 RSk5 Bk35 Ak10 B
- 48 WSp12 Bp31 Ap7 B
- 49 RSk50 B
- 50 WSp50 B
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Row tracker
Row 1 of 50 - 2% done
Row 1 (RS) ← k50 B
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