Best knitting app: features to look for

If you've ever counted rows, blinked, and immediately lost the number, welcome. I look for a knitting app that keeps rows, repeats, sizing decisions, notes, and pattern media in one place - without making me juggle three separate tools.

By Team Ribblr | Last updated

Core features

These are the knitting app features I personally care about:

  • Row and repeat tracking for progress.
  • Notes for needles, yarn substitutions and sizing decisions.
  • Pattern search and saved projects.
  • Media support for techniques and finishing.
  • Sync across phone, tablet and browser.

Why format matters

A static file can show the pattern, but it doesn't know where you stopped. An interactive pattern can keep instructions and progress together, which saves me from re-counting half a scarf because I set it down for dinner. Good knitting apps also make it easy to use the same project on phone, tablet and browser without losing your place.

Where Ribblr fits

On Ribblr, knitting patterns can be interactive ePatterns with notes, progress support, media, smart sizing, translation and accessibility tools when the designer adds them. That combo is exactly what I want for longer projects, especially when I need to switch devices or check a tutorial mid-pattern.

See smart sizing in Ribblr ePattern

How to test one

Try a free scarf, hat or beginner knitting pattern. If you can leave the project, return on another device, find your place, and keep going without re-counting everything from scratch, the app is doing its job.

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