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| Decision field | Free accountRavelryGlobalRemove | Open accessHook & Needle Diameter ReferenceGlobalRemove | Open accessFreeSewingGlobalRemove |
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| Decision fit | |||
| Primary job | Choose materials | Learn techniques | Find patterns & fit |
| Area | Yarn | Yarn | Patterns & fit |
| Best for | Broad pattern, yarn, and project research | Checking which U.S. alias the current Craft Yarn Council table gives a known metric package size before confirming project gauge | Custom-fit home sewing patterns |
| Know before using | An account is required and community, publisher, designer, shop, yarn, and project records can vary in currency and accuracy. Search results, ratings, favorites, and project examples do not establish pattern accuracy, yarn availability, seller reliability, fit, gauge, or project suitability. Confirm current files, errata, license, purchase and refund terms, measurements, yarn details, and shop information with the responsible source. | 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. | A generated pattern is not independent fit evidence or a production-ready graded block. The result still depends on accurate measurements, the selected design and options, ease assumptions, fabric behavior, construction, and representative test garments. An account stores saved patterns and measurement sets, so review the platform's privacy terms before retaining personal measurements. |
| Practical access | |||
| For | Makers | Makers | Makers |
| Location or jurisdiction | Global | Global | Global |
| Access | Free account | Open access | Open access |
| Format | Community | Stitch Authority | Software |
| Source type | Community database | Stitch Authority | Open-source project |
| Source and review | |||
| What the source establishes | Ravelry's official description identifies a user-driven database of knitting and crochet patterns and yarns, searchable directories for designers, pattern sources, local yarn stores and yarn brands, and a personal notebook for projects, stash, tools, library items, queues, and favorites. Community members and volunteer editors add and maintain the database records. | 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. | FreeSewing's official documentation says the browser editor drafts a selected design in real time from a measurement set rather than scaling or grading a standard-size pattern. Users can adjust design options and export the generated result, including as PDF; saving the pattern to an account is optional and is used to revisit it later. |
| Linked page reviewed | Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 16, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| Next review due | Jan 17, 2027 | Jul 16, 2027 | Jan 17, 2027 |
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