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Knitting pattern drafter

A hand-knitted cable pullover, a swatch with a ruler, yarn and a sketchbook on a low table in a bright living room

The only knitting pattern drafter that does the stitch math from your own gauge.

So the draft you get is one you can actually cast on.

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A sample draft

Sample only. A plain pullover in a sample worsted yarn, worked for a gauge of 22 stitches and 30 rows to 10 cm. Your draft is worked from your own numbers.

Sample

48 cmback / frontworked flat60 cm
Construction

Sample: sleeve

Cast on
44 sts
Rib
6 cm, 2x2
Increase
every 8th row, 12 times
Then
6 rows even
Total
68 sts, 40 cm
Shaping

Sample: back

  1. Cast on 106 sts.
  2. R1 (RS): *K2, p2; rep to last 2 sts, k2.
  3. R2 (WS): *P2, k2; rep to last 2 sts, p2.
  4. R3-18: Rep R1-2.
  5. R19 (RS): Knit. R20 (WS): Purl.
  6. Rep R19-20 to 60 cm.
Row by row

Sample: cast on

Gauge: 22 sts and 30 rows to 10 cm

ChestBack cast on
88 cm98 sts
96 cm106 sts
104 cm114 sts
112 cm122 sts
Every size

Who it is for

An independent knitwear designer sketching a sweater at a desk with swatches and yarn

The indie knitwear designer

Has the idea and knows how to knit it. Dreads writing it up and grading every size.

A knitter casting on in an armchair with printed pages beside her

The knitter

Sees a preview of the draft first. Paying unlocks the full pattern and its download.

One writes the pattern. One casts on. The numbers have to hold for both.

How it works

A sketchbook with a pencil drawing of a pullover beside two kinds of yarn

1. Describe the piece

Say what you are making, and how it is built.

A knitted swatch pinned flat with a ruler and tape measure across it

2. Give your yarn and gauge

Your own swatch numbers, not a guess.

Printed pattern pages beside a sleeve on bamboo needles and a ball of yarn

3. Read the draft

Construction, shaping and row-by-row instructions, worked out across sizes.