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| Decision field | Open accessYarn Database EU Dyers and MakersEuropean UnionRemove | Open accessNMSU Pattern Alteration GuideUnited States · North AmericaRemove | Open accessKnitting Stitch LibraryGlobalRemove |
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| Decision fit | |||
| Primary job | Choose materials | Find patterns & fit | Learn techniques |
| Also useful for | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded |
| Area | Yarn | Patterns & fit | Techniques & repair |
| Best for | Finding independent EU yarn or fibre dyers with off-Ravelry purchase routes | Checking a common flat-pattern alteration method | Learning or comparing knit structures |
| 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 guide's general womenswear diagrams and ease ranges are teaching examples, not an individual diagnosis, current commercial-pattern specification, or complete fitting course. A named symptom can have several causes, and alterations may affect adjoining seams, facings, collars, sleeves, balance, and style. Verify the method against the exact pattern and test the coordinated changes on a muslin. | A foundational library, not yet an exhaustive stitch encyclopedia. |
| Practical access | |||
| For | Makers | Makers | Makers |
| Location or jurisdiction | European Union | United States · North America | Global |
| Access | Open access | Open access | Open access |
| Format | Directory | Reference | Stitch Authority |
| Source type | Community database | Government guidance | 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. | New Mexico State University's current Cooperative Extension Guide C-228 explains three alteration methods, folding out fullness, slashing and spreading or overlapping, and redrawing darts or seams. It provides illustrated bodice, sleeve, skirt, and trouser examples and tells readers to compare body measurements plus intended ease with the pattern while preserving grain, design lines, related-piece changes, and comfort ease. | The linked tool or guide is maintained inside Stitch Authority and was checked against its current public interface. |
| Linked page reviewed | Jul 15, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Next review due | Jan 11, 2027 | Oct 19, 2026 | Jul 15, 2027 |
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