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| Decision field | Open accessYarn Database EU Dyers and MakersEuropean UnionRemove | Quote-basedLectra ModarisGlobalRemove | Open accessKnittyGlobalRemove |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decision fit | |||
| Primary job | Choose materials | Find patterns & fit | Find patterns & fit |
| Also useful for | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded |
| Area | Yarn | Patterns & fit | Yarn |
| Best for | Finding independent EU yarn or fibre dyers with off-Ravelry purchase routes | Enterprise pattern rooms and supplier file exchange | Free editorial knitting patterns and techniques |
| 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 page does not publish price and its product-quality, error-prevention, data-loss, and fit statements are vendor claims. Capabilities vary across Essential, Classic, Expert, 3D, and add-ons. Confirm licenses, modules, support, system and file requirements, then pilot approved blocks, grade rules, supplier reopen, material and mannequin data, plot or cut outputs, and risk-appropriate physical fit and production checks. | Free access does not grant commercial reproduction or sale rights; uses beyond one personal copy must be resolved with the designer or author. Knitty says it tries to avoid errors but disclaims responsibility for pattern and technique inaccuracies. Check the live page for corrections, verify gauge and measurements, and confirm permission before any commercial use. |
| Practical access | |||
| For | Makers | Apparel brands | Makers |
| Location or jurisdiction | European Union | Global | Global |
| Access | Open access | Quote-based | Open access |
| Format | Directory | Software | Reference |
| Source type | Community database | First-party platform | First-party platform |
| 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. | Lectra's current Modaris page identifies version 2025.2 as the latest listed release and describes a one- to three-year subscription with two releases per year. The modular range covers base-pattern creation and modification, grading and industrialization, native-file supplier work, pattern libraries, synchronized 2D and 3D prototypes, configurable or imported mannequins, and separate conversion and consumption-estimate add-ons. | Knitty currently publishes web-only editorial issues containing original knitting and crochet patterns and articles. Its legal page states that patterns are free for one person's personal use, identifies each designer or author as the copyright holder, and explains that verified pattern corrections are posted in bright pink on the pattern page. |
| Linked page reviewed | Jul 15, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| Next review due | Jan 11, 2027 | Jan 17, 2027 | Jan 17, 2027 |
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