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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
625g total · 2 colors
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Lion Brand · Vanna's Choice · Burgundy
532 stitches · ~133g · 2 skeins
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Bernat · Super Value · White
1,968 stitches · ~492g · 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
- 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 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 RSk50 B
- 4 WSp50 B
- 5 RSk6 Bk1 Ak43 B
- 6 WSp42 Bp3 Ap5 B
- 7 RSk4 Bk5 Ak41 B
- 8 WSp40 Bp5 Ap5 B
- 9 RSk6 Bk5 Ak39 B
- 10 WSp17 Bp12 Ap9 Bp5 Ap7 B
- 11 RSk8 Bk5 Ak6 Bk16 Ak15 B
- 12 WSp13 Bp20 Ap3 Bp5 Ap9 B
- 13 RSk10 Bk5 Ak1 Bk9 Ak5 Bk8 Ak12 B
- 14 WSp10 Bp7 Ap12 Bp10 Ap11 B
- 15 RSk12 Bk7 Ak16 Bk6 Ak9 B
- 16 WSp8 Bp6 Ap18 Bp5 Ap13 B
- 17 RSk12 Bk5 Ak20 Bk5 Ak8 B
- 18 WSp7 Bp5 Ap22 Bp5 Ap11 B
- 19 RSk11 Bk4 Ak24 Bk4 Ak7 B
- 20 WSp6 Bp4 Ap12 Bp2 Ap12 Bp4 Ap10 B
- 21 RSk10 Bk4 Ak11 Bk4 Ak11 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 22 WSp5 Bp4 Ap12 Bp4 Ap12 Bp4 Ap9 B
- 23 RSk9 Bk4 Ak12 Bk4 Ak12 Bk4 Ak5 B
- 24 WSp5 Bp4 Ap12 Bp4 Ap12 Bp4 Ap9 B
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- 25 RSk9 Bk4 Ak12 Bk4 Ak13 Bk3 Ak5 B
- 26 WSp4 Bp4 Ap8 Bp14 Ap8 Bp3 Ap9 B
- 27 RSk9 Bk3 Ak7 Bk16 Ak7 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 28 WSp4 Bp4 Ap7 Bp16 Ap7 Bp3 Ap9 B
- 29 RSk9 Bk3 Ak8 Bk14 Ak8 Bk4 Ak4 B
- 30 WSp5 Bp3 Ap13 Bp4 Ap13 Bp3 Ap9 B
- 31 RSk9 Bk4 Ak12 Bk4 Ak12 Bk4 Ak5 B
- 32 WSp5 Bp4 Ap12 Bp4 Ap12 Bp4 Ap9 B
- 33 RSk9 Bk4 Ak12 Bk4 Ak12 Bk4 Ak5 B
- 34 WSp6 Bp4 Ap11 Bp4 Ap11 Bp4 Ap10 B
- 35 RSk10 Bk4 Ak12 Bk2 Ak12 Bk4 Ak6 B
- 36 WSp6 Bp5 Ap24 Bp4 Ap11 B
- 37 RSk11 Bk5 Ak23 Bk4 Ak7 B
- 38 WSp8 Bp4 Ap21 Bp5 Ap12 B
- 39 RSk13 Bk5 Ak19 Bk5 Ak8 B
- 40 WSp9 Bp6 Ap16 Bp6 Ap13 B
- 41 RSk14 Bk7 Ak12 Bk7 Ak10 B
- 42 WSp11 Bp9 Ap6 Bp9 Ap15 B
- 43 RSk17 Bk20 Ak13 B
- 44 WSp14 Bp17 Ap19 B
- 45 RSk21 Bk12 Ak17 B
- 46 WSp21 Bp4 Ap25 B
- 47 RSk50 B
- 48 WSp50 B
- 49 RSk50 B
- 50 WSp50 B
Work the pattern · row tracker
Row tracker
Row 1 of 50 - 2% done
Row 1 (RS) ← k50 B
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