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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
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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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Lion Brand · Vanna's Choice · Burgundy
459 stitches · ~115g · 2 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
2,041 stitches · ~511g · 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
- 184
- Ends · intarsia
- 14
- 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 Burgundy
- 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 RSk16 Bk1 Ak18 Bk1 Ak14 B
- 4 WSp10 Bp10 Ap12 Bp3 Ap15 B
- 5 RSk15 Bk4 Ak10 Bk13 Ak8 B
- 6 WSp7 Bp16 Ap8 Bp4 Ap15 B
- 7 RSk15 Bk4 Ak7 Bk7 Ak4 Bk7 Ak6 B
- 8 WSp5 Bp5 Ap9 Bp6 Ap6 Bp4 Ap15 B
- 9 RSk15 Bk4 Ak5 Bk5 Ak12 Bk5 Ak4 B
- 10 WSp4 Bp4 Ap14 Bp5 Ap4 Bp4 Ap15 B
- 11 RSk15 Bk4 Ak4 Bk4 Ak16 Bk4 Ak3 B
- 12 WSp3 Bp4 Ap17 Bp3 Ap5 Bp3 Ap15 B
- 13 RSk24 Bk1 Ak19 Bk3 Ak3 B
- 14 WSp3 Bp3 Ap44 B
- 15 RSk44 Bk4 Ak2 B
- 16 WSp2 Bp4 Ap32 Bp9 Ap3 B
- 17 RSk2 Bk10 Ak32 Bk3 Ak3 B
- 18 WSp3 Bp4 Ap31 Bp9 Ap3 B
- 19 RSk4 Bk6 Ak33 Bk4 Ak3 B
- 20 WSp3 Bp5 Ap42 B
- 21 RSk42 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 22 WSp4 Bp5 Ap41 B
- 23 RSk40 Bk5 Ak5 B
- 24 WSp6 Bp5 Ap27 Bp3 Ap9 B
Show all 50 rows
- 25 RSk8 Bk5 Ak25 Bk5 Ak7 B
- 26 WSp8 Bp5 Ap25 Bp5 Ap7 B
- 27 RSk6 Bk5 Ak27 Bk3 Ak9 B
- 28 WSp40 Bp5 Ap5 B
- 29 RSk5 Bk4 Ak41 B
- 30 WSp42 Bp4 Ap4 B
- 31 RSk3 Bk5 Ak42 B
- 32 WSp4 Bp6 Ap33 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 33 RSk3 Bk4 Ak31 Bk9 Ak3 B
- 34 WSp2 Bp10 Ap32 Bp3 Ap3 B
- 35 RSk3 Bk3 Ak32 Bk9 Ak3 B
- 36 WSp44 Bp4 Ap2 B
- 37 RSk3 Bk3 Ak44 B
- 38 WSp24 Bp1 Ap19 Bp3 Ap3 B
- 39 RSk3 Bk4 Ak17 Bk3 Ak5 Bk3 Ak15 B
- 40 WSp15 Bp4 Ap4 Bp4 Ap16 Bp4 Ap3 B
- 41 RSk4 Bk4 Ak14 Bk5 Ak4 Bk4 Ak15 B
- 42 WSp15 Bp4 Ap5 Bp5 Ap12 Bp5 Ap4 B
- 43 RSk5 Bk5 Ak9 Bk6 Ak6 Bk4 Ak15 B
- 44 WSp15 Bp4 Ap7 Bp7 Ap5 Bp6 Ap6 B
- 45 RSk7 Bk16 Ak8 Bk4 Ak15 B
- 46 WSp15 Bp4 Ap10 Bp13 Ap8 B
- 47 RSk10 Bk10 Ak12 Bk3 Ak15 B
- 48 WSp16 Bp1 Ap18 Bp1 Ap14 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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