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| Decision field | Open accessHandweavers Guild of America ResourcesGlobalRemove | Free accountThreadloop Sewing Pattern DatabaseGlobalRemove | Open accessApparel Grade-Rule & Size-Run Validation RecordGlobalRemove | Open accessHook & Needle Diameter ReferenceGlobalRemove |
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| Decision fit | ||||
| Primary job | Learn techniques | Find patterns & fit | Find patterns & fit | Learn techniques |
| Area | Techniques & repair | Patterns & fit | Patterns & fit | Yarn |
| Best for | Finding a weaving, spinning, or dyeing community | Searching current and out-of-print sewing patterns | Auditing inherited grade rules or controlling a new multi-size pattern release from approved targets through sample evidence | Checking which U.S. alias the current Craft Yarn Council table gives a known metric package size before confirming project gauge |
| Know before using | Coverage reflects affiliated guilds, submitted events, and participating professionals rather than every regional option. HGA states that its paid professional listings are supplied and updated by the professional and are not HGA endorsements. Confirm current contact details, teaching format, accessibility, price, skill level, and safeguarding or insurance needs directly. | Community members add and quality-control the records, so confirm sizing, measurements, fabric suggestions, format, availability, errata, license, and purchase terms with the designer or publisher. Adding an entry to a stash does not provide the pattern files. Saved searches and private PDF storage are paid Plus features, and a listing or review does not establish pattern accuracy or fit. | The record does not create a production grade, supply universal increments or breakpoints, validate a CAD file or fit population, reproduce licensed standards, or replace qualified anthropometric, pattern, technical-design, fit, quality, accessibility, safety, statistical, and user-research review. | The reference is not a dimensional measurement, manufacturer inspection, UK or Canadian conversion, steel-hook chart, tool recommendation, yarn assignment, gauge result, or proof that a proposed tool will produce the required fabric. |
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| For | Makers | Makers | Apparel brands | Makers |
| Location or jurisdiction | Global | Global | Global | Global |
| Access | Open access | Free account | Open access | Open access |
| Format | Directory | Community | Stitch Authority | Stitch Authority |
| Source type | Industry organization | Community database | Stitch Authority | Stitch Authority |
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| What the source establishes | The Handweavers Guild of America's current resources page links a searchable affiliate-guild directory, a paid professional-member directory and fiber-art resource guide, book reviews, a public event calendar, scholarships, a quarterly member magazine, and program and store information for weaving, spinning, dyeing, and related fiber arts. | Threadloop's official guide describes an independent, fully crowdsourced database covering available and out-of-print sewing patterns. Its search supports pattern type, fabric type, age group, body type, cup size, level, format, file features, language, measurements, availability, and other filters; members can also track a stash, wishlist, projects, reviews, and discussions. | The guide cites current ISO body-table, size-designation, and garment-measurement boundaries plus two peer-reviewed studies that tested the relationship between conventional grade rules, anthropometric evidence, and garment fit; it requires product-specific target deltas and validation instead of publishing universal increments. | The lookup reproduces the current public Craft Yarn Council metric and U.S. alias rows and follows the Council's warning that company letter and number labels vary; blank aliases remain blank instead of being inferred. |
| Linked page reviewed | Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 16, 2026 | Jul 16, 2026 |
| Next review due | Jan 17, 2027 | Jan 17, 2027 | Jul 16, 2027 | Jul 16, 2027 |
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