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| Decision field | Open accessYarn Database EU Dyers and MakersEuropean UnionRemove | Free + paidHandweaving.net Draft ArchiveGlobalRemove | Open accessHook & Needle Diameter ReferenceGlobalRemove |
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| Decision fit | |||
| Primary job | Choose materials | Learn techniques | Learn techniques |
| Area | Yarn | Techniques & repair | Yarn |
| Best for | Finding independent EU yarn or fibre dyers with off-Ravelry purchase routes | Researching loom-ready weaving structures and drafts | Checking which U.S. alias the current Craft Yarn Council table gives a known metric package size before confirming project gauge |
| 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. | A visible drawdown is not automatically a complete, corrected, rights-cleared, or loom-compatible project plan. Full draft data and advanced tools require a renewing subscription, and historical sources can contain errors or unclear provenance. Check shafts, treadles, tie-up, sett, yarn, floats, repeats, copyright status, and WIF compatibility before committing a warp. | 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. |
| Practical access | |||
| For | Makers | Makers | Makers |
| Location or jurisdiction | European Union | Global | Global |
| Access | Open access | Free + paid | Open access |
| Format | Directory | Reference | Stitch Authority |
| Source type | Community database | First-party platform | Stitch Authority |
| Source and review | |||
| 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. | Handweaving.net currently exposes the Ralph Griswold digital archive, document downloads, draft drawdown views, basic-account clipboards, and video tutorials without a paid subscription. Its subscription page reserves full drafts, WIF downloads, draft creation and editing, color tools, profile and block substitution, arrangement, repeats, and related browser tools for subscribers. | 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. |
| Linked page reviewed | Jul 15, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 16, 2026 |
| Next review due | Jan 11, 2027 | Jan 17, 2027 | Jul 16, 2027 |
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