Tabitha's Heart

I have collected some tools from around the web that you may find helpful when you design.  Some have appeared in my newsletter, others have been in my bookmarks for ages. I thought is might be handy to have them all in one place for easy access. Click on the category bar to see the items for that topic. I will be adding new resources as I find them so check back often. If you find any that would be useful here, do let me know.

Arachne Sock Calculator Armscye Calculator – Helps with working out or checking armhole math Geometric Shape Calculator – Handy for checking dimensions on shawls, blankets, and wraps. Increase/Decrease Calculator – Calculates increase/decrease rate over a specific number of rows. Evenly Increase/Decrease Calculator 2 – Calculates increase/decrease evenly rate over a single row. Jimmy Beans’ Knitting Calculator – yardage estimator Knitting Fool Sweater Wheel – basic math for drop sleeve, set-in sleeve, and top-down raglan sweaters Love Knitting Unit and Yardage Conversion Calculators Super Sock Calculator Yardage Estimation Calculator – Calculates approximate yardage for rectangles Yardage Calculator for New Gauge – Calculates yardage when you change stitch gauge on a pattern

General Sizing Charts

• CYC Standards Charts
• Children’s Size Charts
• Knit Now 

Garments

• Eileen Casey Women’s Sizing
• Jill Wolcott Women’s Sizing
• Ysolda Teague Women’s Sizes

Hats

• Tot Toppers
• Woolly Wormhead

Socks

• Coats Crafts UK Sizing Charts – pdf file including how-to instructions for socks
• Craft Yarn Council foot chart
• Foot Size Table – US, UK and EU foot sizes with circumferences and lengths from Kate Atherley
• Heels by the Numbers
• Regia Sock Guide – pdf file including basic sock pattern
• Regia Interactive Sock Guide
• Shoe size to sock dimensions table – from My Jewel Thief

Size Grading Tools Amy Herzog’s Custom Fit (great way to check feasibility of a design) Cochinelle Design Studio Garment Designer (paid) Designing Set In Sleeves – Interweave article Designing Set In Sleeves 1 – Knitty Designing Set In Sleeves 2 – Knitty Designing Set In Sleeves 3 – Knitty Designing More Sleeves –  Knitty Knitting grading rules Kniterator Top Down Raglan Calculator Plus Size grading – Knitty article Seedling Software Sweater Maker (paid)

Estimating Yarn Usage

• Kristen Ten Dyke tutorials

Charts

• David Xenakis knitting font – free
• Stitchfiddle – free
• Knit Pro app (colorwork from photos) – free
• Stitchmastery
• Pattern Genius
• Tricksy Knitter
• Contact me

Graphics/Photo Editing

• Gimp
• PhotoScape X Pro

Schematics

• Inkscape
• Creating Schematics in MS Word tutorial
• Creating Schematics in Illustrator tutorial
• Contact me

Stitch Abbreviations and Definitions

• CYC Standard Abbreviations
• Interweave Abbreviations
• Knit Now Glossary
• Knitty Standard Book of British Birds
• Vogue Knitting Techniques and Abbreviations

Online Stitch Dictionaries

• Abracadafil – site is in French but has beautifully photographed stitch patterns
• Greater Birmingham Fiber Guild Old Shale ebook – 25! variations of this much-loved pattern
• Knitting Bee Stitch Library – large color photos
• Knitting Fool – stitch patterns including row by row instructions sorted by type
• New Stitch A Day – knitting and crochet stitches  and techniques but not the easiest site to navigate
• The Walker Treasury Project – new swatches of stitch patterns in Barbara Walker’s books
• Vogue Knitting Stitchionary – no explanation necessary
• Watch Knitting – quite a collection of stitch patterns with photographed swatches
• Yarnspirations Stitch Gallery – knitting and crochet stitch patterns

Stitch Pattern Resources

• Illustrated Japanese Knitting Symbols
• International Knitting Terms Translator
• Russian to English Symbol Translator

Shawl Design Tools

• MMario’s The Shape of Shawls To Come (direct pdf download)
• Julia Riede’s Shawl Design For Everybody