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 What
an exciting time to be a knitter! An explosion of publishing and creativity
has produced new magazines, designers, and resources, and invigorated the
old ones. Ravelry has connected more than 500,000 knitters across the
globe, letting them share projects and ideas. In-person knitting groups are flourishing
around
the world.
With new information scattered all over the Web, it's not always easy to find what you’re
looking for. Google and Ravelry searches can yield far too many
results. Online magazines and pattern stores offer hundreds of patterns,
but no indexes. Information that predates the Internet is getting lost
in the shuffle—it’s hard to find and compare patterns in old Rowan books
or Interweave Knits magazines.
I write indexes for a
living—it's my job to help people find things easily.
I designed Knitfinder to be your guide. We’ll give you complete pattern indexes for your
favorite designers and knitting magazines. We'll collect the best
resources on the Web and put them at your fingertips. We'll keep it all
organized and easy to navigate. And we'll listen to your suggestions and
add new content regularly. |
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Start by choosing a
knitting magazine, designer or publisher
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Knitfinder's free
pattern indexes will display in table format for easy comparison
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All the features
you need right there: Pattern and designer names, style, yarn used,
where to find it.
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Sort, filter, and
search to find exactly what you're looking for or browse groups of
similar patterns
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Links will take you
straight to patterns available online
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Subscribers can view extra pattern info: sizing, standardized gauge, and detailed design &
construction notes
Subscriber-only features
Subscribe now
Indexes we're starting off with:
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Interweave Knits
complete pattern index
(more than 1200 patterns)
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Knitty online magazine (more than
600
patterns)
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Twist
Collective
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Schoolhouse Press
patterns (Elizabeth Zimmermann & Meg Swansen)
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Alice and
Jade Starmore pattern list (more than 300 patterns)
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Rowan
pattern books
We'll
update existing indexes frequently and add new ones too.
CHECK IT
OUT Go to the
Indexes page to see what we've got so far.
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- MAGAZINES/DESIGNERS/PUBLISHERS
Each index page lists useful
links for that particular magazine, designer or publisher, right
there in the sidebar. Go straight from the index page to
publisher or magazine home, pattern corrections, Ravelry groups,
book and yarn lists, and more.
- RESOURCE PAGES
Free to all, our resource section
collects the best
knitting resources on the Web, organized and right at your
fingertips. Check back often - we're always refining the
lists.
Help us out! Which designers and publishers would you like to see
added to Knitfinder? Got a favorite resource we should know about?
Let
us know.
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@knitfinder