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| Decision field | Open accessWRAP Certified FacilitiesGlobalRemove | Open accessGOTS Certified SuppliersGlobalRemove | Open accessYarn Database EU Dyers and MakersEuropean UnionRemove | Open accessFreeSewingGlobalRemove |
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| Decision fit | ||||
| Primary job | Check standards | Check standards | 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 | Materials | Yarn | Patterns & fit |
| Best for | Checking a named facility's current WRAP certification or discovering listed production units | Checking GOTS certification records | Finding independent EU yarn or fibre dyers with off-Ravelry purchase routes | Custom-fit home sewing patterns |
| Know before using | A listed facility and its certification status do not establish product quality, capacity, availability, upstream coverage, whole-chain performance, buyer fit, or the scope and result of a particular order. Confirm the exact legal entity and production unit, current certificate and scope, product and process capability, capacity, monitoring evidence, corrective actions, references, and commercial terms directly. | A company result is not a blanket approval; confirm the certificate scope, validity, facility, process, product, and transaction documentation for the exact purchase. | It is one curator's intentionally selective, off-Ravelry-oriented database, inventories change, and paid supporters can receive rotating priority placement; verify availability, fibre claims, shipping, and terms directly. | 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 | Apparel brands | Apparel brands | Makers | Makers |
| Location or jurisdiction | Global | Global | European Union | Global |
| Access | Open access | Open access | Open access | Open access |
| Format | Directory | Directory | Directory | Software |
| Source type | Official registry | Official registry | Community database | Open-source project |
| Source and review | ||||
| What the source establishes | WRAP states that thousands of WRAP-certified facilities operate worldwide and that buyers can use the public route to verify a named factory's certification or find certified manufacturers for apparel, footwear, sewn and leather goods, textiles, and related products. The page exposes certified facilities and monitoring firms as separate routes. | The official GOTS search exposes certified entities by country, field of operation, product category, and certification detail, including processing and trading scopes. | The individually researched database offers free listings and sortable yarn, fibre, designer, editor, accessory, and location views; the EU page spans multiple countries and direct seller profiles. | 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 28, 2026 | Jul 15, 2026 | Jul 15, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| Next review due | Oct 26, 2026 | Oct 13, 2026 | Jan 11, 2027 | Jan 17, 2027 |
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