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| Decision field | Open accessSupplier Screening BriefGlobalRemove | Open accessAustralia Basic Patternmaking CompetencyAustralia · OceaniaRemove | Free accountRavelryGlobalRemove | Free + paidThreadloop Sewing Pattern DatabaseGlobalRemove |
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| Decision fit | ||||
| Primary job | Source production | Find patterns & fit | Choose materials | Find patterns & fit |
| Also useful for | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded |
| Area | Production | Patterns & fit | Yarn | Patterns & fit |
| Best for | Turning a supplier lead into a scoped, reviewable decision | Scoping training, hiring, assessment, or evidence requirements for basic textile-product pattern development and testing in Australia | Broad pattern, yarn, and project research | Searching current and out-of-print sewing patterns |
| Know before using | The brief is not an audit, legal opinion, customs determination, certificate validation, credit review, or performance guarantee; risk-appropriate verification remains necessary. | This is a competency and assessment reference, not an instructional course, pattern file, qualification by reading, provider recommendation, professional license, or proof that a person can perform the work. The route does not establish enrollment availability, teaching quality, fees, support, recognition outside Australia, or product-specific fit. Confirm the current unit status, packaging rules, prerequisites, registered provider, assessment conditions, local requirements, and actual evidence before relying on it. | 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. | 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. |
| Practical access | ||||
| For | Apparel brands | Both | Makers | Makers |
| Location or jurisdiction | Global | Australia · Oceania | Global | Global |
| Access | Open access | Open access | Free account | Free + paid |
| Format | Stitch Authority | Reference | Community | Community |
| Source type | Stitch Authority | Official registry | Community database | Community database |
| Account, payment, and exit | ||||
| Access scope | Not yet reviewed at this level. | Not yet reviewed at this level. | Knitter or crocheter researching patterns and yarns while keeping notebook records. | Sewer searching pattern records or organizing patterns, projects, fabric, notions, and private files. |
| Before an account | Not yet reviewed at this level. | Not yet reviewed at this level. | Official about, login, and signup pages are public, but the useful database, notebook, and community route requires sign-in. | Browse the pattern database, guide, designers, publications, and public community areas without creating an account. |
| Free-account boundary | Not yet reviewed at this level. | Not yet reviewed at this level. | A free account requires a valid email signup link and enables the database, notebook, directories, groups, and forums. | A free account needs no card and supports a stash, wishlist, projects, reviews, and personal organization. |
| Payment boundary | Not yet reviewed at this level. | Not yet reviewed at this level. | The core platform account is free. Individual patterns and other marketplace items may have separate provider-set prices; those purchases are not a user subscription. | Plus adds PDF pattern storage, collections, saved searches, bulk editing, and other workflow features on monthly or annual billing. |
| Cancellation or exit | Not yet reviewed at this level. | Not yet reviewed at this level. | The checked public about, login, and signup pages do not establish cancellation, deletion, or post-exit access. Verify the current in-account help before contributing records. | Cancel through an in-account link. Paid features remain through the current billing cycle, then the account returns to free features. |
| Saved work and data | Not yet reviewed at this level. | Not yet reviewed at this level. | The personal notebook can hold projects, stash, tools, and a pattern library, but the checked public pages do not establish a complete export route. Keep source files and critical records locally. | The terms say submitted materials remain yours, but the checked public pages do not explain a full export or how stored PDFs behave after downgrade. Keep originals outside the platform. |
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| What the source establishes | The brief translates OECD garment-sector due diligence, official trade guidance, customs traceability expectations, and certificate-scope controls into a claim-by-claim decision record. | Australia's National Training Register publishes current unit MSTAT3002, Develop patterns using basic patternmaking principles. The release document describes interpreting textile-product design specifications, considering fabric performance, selecting tools and equipment, developing patterns, testing the result, and making alterations. Release 1 was generated December 22, 2022 and merged two earlier units. Current Australian apparel and live-production qualifications list MSTAT3002, while the current diploma also exposes advanced individual-fit, alteration, and fit-model units. | 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. | 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. Current terms state that the free plan requires no card, paid upgrades start billing immediately, cancellation retains paid features through the current cycle, and the account then returns to free features. |
| Linked page reviewed | Jul 15, 2026 | Jul 16, 2026 | Jul 28, 2026 | Jul 28, 2026 |
| Next review due | Jul 15, 2027 | Oct 14, 2026 | Jan 24, 2027 | Jan 24, 2027 |
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