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| Decision field | Open accessYarn Database EU Dyers and MakersEuropean UnionRemove | Free accountFOURSOURCE Supplier NetworkGlobalRemove | Free downloadIndonesia Basic Garment Pattern TextbookIndonesia · Southeast AsiaRemove |
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| Decision fit | |||
| Primary job | Choose materials | Source production | Find patterns & fit |
| Also useful for | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded |
| Area | Yarn | Production | Patterns & fit |
| Best for | Finding independent EU yarn or fibre dyers with off-Ravelry purchase routes | Searching global apparel and textile production capabilities | Inspecting body-measurement, garment-block, paper-prototype, test-pattern, cutting, and pattern-refinement instruction in an Indonesian vocational textbook |
| Know before using | 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. | 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. | This is a 2013 Indonesian-language vocational school textbook, not a current national competency standard, universal block or sizing system, professional qualification, ready-to-sew pattern, or proof of individual fit. Some equipment, terminology, pedagogy, body classification, formulas, measurement practices, and construction assumptions may be dated or unsuitable for another person, material, product, or production setting. Confirm current equipment instructions, target-body evidence, ease, material behavior, representative samples, accessibility, and fit evaluation before applying its methods. |
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| For | Makers | Apparel brands | Both |
| Location or jurisdiction | European Union | Global | Indonesia · Southeast Asia |
| Access | Open access | Free account | Free download |
| Format | Directory | Marketplace | Reference |
| Source type | Community database | Commercial marketplace | Government guidance |
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| What the source establishes | 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. | 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. | Indonesia's Ministry of Education repository publishes Dasar Pola II as a 294-page vocational school book and learning module prepared by the government for the initial Curriculum 2013 implementation. The record names the Directorate for Vocational Secondary School Development and provides a direct PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 license. The textbook covers clothing foundations, materials and tools, body measurement, human dimensions, basic patterns, paper prototypes, cutting, and pattern refinement. It distinguishes commercial, drafted, draped, graded, test, production, and block patterns, and includes bodice and sleeve systems plus dart relocation, length and size changes, design-line development, and pattern testing. |
| Linked page reviewed | Jul 15, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 16, 2026 |
| Next review due | Jan 11, 2027 | Jan 17, 2027 | Oct 14, 2026 |
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