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| Decision field | Open accessTextile Resource Access & Subscription CheckGlobalRemove | Free accountFOURSOURCE Supplier NetworkGlobalRemove | PaidPatternLab LondonGlobalRemove |
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| Decision fit | |||
| Primary job | Source production | Source production | Find patterns & fit |
| Also useful for | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded |
| Area | Production | Production | Patterns & fit |
| Best for | Comparing the account, payment, renewal, cancellation, export, evidence, and commercial-discovery boundaries of one textile resource before committing time, data, or money | Searching global apparel and textile production capabilities | Generating an editable custom-measurement block |
| Know before using | The worksheet does not determine whether a price is fair, interpret privacy or contract law, audit account security, prove cancellation or deletion, compare every feature, qualify a provider, validate a directory record, or recommend a subscription. Providers control their plans, prices, terms, rankings, exports, and product behavior and may change them. | The company count is a changing platform claim. Search fields, profiles, certificates, locations, and account access do not independently verify the legal entity, factory ownership, capability, capacity, certificate validity or scope, compliance performance, delivery, or project fit. Confirm the site and subcontracting, credentials with issuers, samples, audits when appropriate, specifications, contracts, and commercial terms. | A measurement-generated draft is a starting block, not independent evidence of body capture, comfort, mobility, balance, garment ease, or production fit. The result depends on measurement accuracy, supported ranges, formula assumptions, selected options, and output handling. Review the service's privacy terms before storing body data and sew a representative toile before design, grading, or production use. |
| Practical access | |||
| For | Both | Apparel brands | Both |
| Location or jurisdiction | Global | Global | Global |
| Access | Open access | Free account | Paid |
| Format | Stitch Authority | Marketplace | Software |
| Source type | Stitch Authority | Commercial marketplace | First-party platform |
| Source and review | |||
| What the source establishes | The source-reviewed worksheet separates the exact job, signed-out access, account and contributed-data boundary, plan and renewal, cancellation and exit, coverage and maintenance, and commercial discovery inputs. Its current examples use first-party pages from Handweaving.net, Yarnpond, Threadloop, Open Supply Hub, Common Objective, and Ravelry without ranking them. | FOURSOURCE's current public network page presents an operator-reported global company count and country or territory search. It says logged-in users can narrow results by compliance certificates, product groups, fabric types, target groups, minimum order quantities, and other fields, with a free-trial and supplier sign-up route. | PatternLab London's current drafting page says a user creates a measurement profile, selects a basic block or sloper, adjusts fit, dart placement, length, seam allowance, and sleeve options, then downloads the generated result as tiled PDF, AI, or SVG. The live catalogue names bodice, dress, trouser, and stretch blocks and displays a price before purchase. |
| Linked page reviewed | Jul 28, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| Next review due | Jul 28, 2027 | Jan 17, 2027 | Jan 17, 2027 |
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