Friday, August 24, 2018

August Reboot Series - A List of Knitting Calculators


This month I'm going to be doing some re-posting of older blog posts with occasional updates. I hope to have all new interviews every Friday but many Pros take the month of August off and in past years I haven't always been able to get enough interviews back to fill all the August dates.  (As predicted I sent out a much higher number than usual of interview invitations but I don't yet have a new one to post.) 

Sometimes we just want to knit something simple and can get intimidated by the math. Have you heard of knitting calculators? Some knitters call them generators. Many wonderful people on the Internet have set these up free for you to use. These are very handy things to know about.

Here's a list of the ones I'm familiar with. If you have some great ones please share in the comments and I'll add them to the list.  

How Much Shawl Have I Knitted So Far?
http://theraineysisters.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/how-much-shawl.pdf

Hat Calculator  
http://www.earthguild.com/products/knitcroc/marypat/hatcalc.htm

Increase Calculator
http://www.thedietdiary.com/knittingfiend/tools/IncreaseEvenlySpace.html 

Sleeve Increase Calculator
http://www.thedietdiary.com/knittingfiend/tools/MagicFormulaSleeve.html

Decrease Calculator  
http://www.thedietdiary.com/knittingfiend/tools/EvenlySpace.html

Glove Calculator
http://www.thedietdiary.com/knittingfiend/mitten/HKGloves.html

Random Stripes 
http://www.biscuitsandjam.com/stripe_maker.php 

Planned Pooling
http://plannedpooling.com/

Sock Calculator
http://www.violetgreen.co.uk/shop/free-sock-knitting-pattern-calculator/

Raglan Sweater Calculator 
http://www.knittingfool.com/SweaterPatterns/TopDownRaglanPullover.aspx


Yarn Required Calculator   
 http://knitable.net/YardageCalc.asp

Waist-Shaping Calculator
http://www.interweave.com/Waist-Shaping-Calculator/Curvy-Waist-Shaping.asp

Armscye calculator
http://frenchroastdesign.com/armscye/

Buttonhole Spacing Calculator
http://knitable.net/ButtonholeCalc.asp

Fair Isle Chart Maker
http://fairisledesign.com/

Knitting Time Calculator
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdg96dDXD0X9F7fGm3NIfVisyGLzNSqxp9wVJEl4N-DofQpsQ/viewform?formkey=dGw2di04am5ram1KajhmYW5kaWdZc1E6MQ

OK - I was just checking to see if you are paying attention with that one!

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