What is the best app to track knitting rows?

Yarnzy is the best app to track knitting rows because it combines automatic counting with project management. Auto-generates counters from any pattern. Each project has its own independent counter. Syncs row count across iPhone, Android, and Mac.

Can I import PDF knitting patterns into an app?

Yes. Yarnzy imports PDF knitting patterns directly, no emailing files to yourself. Upload PDF, image, screenshot, or text. Works with crochet patterns too.

How do I track crochet rows without counting manually?

Yarnzy tracks crochet rows automatically. You never need to tap a button or remember a number. Auto-generates counters directly from your uploaded pattern. One-tap increment if you prefer manual control. Session logs record your progress even if you forget to tap.

Can I generate a custom crochet or knitting pattern from a description?

Yes. Yarnzy includes a pattern builder that creates full, structured patterns from a simple description, describe what you want and get a complete pattern back, ready to follow row by row. Describe what you want and get a full written pattern instantly. Upload an image and the app analyzes it and builds a pattern from it. Modify any existing pattern, change the size, yarn weight, or stitches anytime.

Yes. Yarnzy uses bank-level encryption and never shares your data. End-to-end encryption for all patterns and projects. No third-party data sharing or advertising. Your data is private, export or delete your data anytime.

Is there a free version of Yarnzy?

Yes. Yarnzy has a free tier with core features. No credit card required.

What app helps manage knitting projects easily?

Yarnzy helps you manage knitting projects in one organized workspace. Store patterns, yarn stash, row counters, and progress notes together. Start on iPhone, continue on Mac with auto-sync. Every project has its own dashboard with everything you need.

Which devices can I use Yarnzy on?

Yarnzy is available on iPhone, Mac, and Android devices. You can use it on your smartphone or tablet to read patterns, track progress, manage projects, and access all Yarnzy tools wherever you crochet or knit.

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You’re not Bad at Finishing Projects.

You’re using a broken system that wasn’t built for crochet & Knitting

You find a pattern you love, screenshot it, and drop it in a folder called "crochet stuff (new)." You get four rows in, put it down for a week, and come back with no idea where you were. The sticky note with your row count is gone. You can't remember which hook you used. You buy another skein of a yarn you already own two of.

Then the project sits in a basket, and you feel bad about it every time you walk past.

Patterns everywhere
Screenshots, emails, PDFs, saved links, and a Pinterest board you never open again.
Lost row counts
You put it down for three days and your mental count (and that loose paper) went with it.
A stash you can't see
You know you have that yarn. You just don't know where, how much, or what dye lot it was.
Abbreviations that stall
sk2p, RS, pm, dc2tog. One unfamiliar term and the momentum of the whole project halts.

The Solution

Yarnzy fixes all four in one place and it takes the patterns you already have, wherever they're sitting.

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About Yarnzy

What is Yarnzy?

Yarnzy is a crochet and knitting app for iPhone and Android that keeps your patterns, projects, row counters, and yarn stash in one place. The difference is what happens after you upload a pattern. Most craft apps store the file and hand it back to you. Yarnzy reads it: it breaks the pattern into guided steps, explains every abbreviation in plain English, builds the row counters for you, and remembers exactly where you stopped.

Core features

Everything you need to finish What you start.

Four pillars that turn a confusing pattern PDF into a finished project without the spreadsheets, sticky notes, and screenshot folders.

Pattern
DF, photo, Ravelry download, or plain text. Import it once, read it anytime with every abbreviation already explained.
Row Counter
Tracks rows, rounds, stitches, and repeats. Each project has its own counter. Pick up any WIP and it's exactly where you left it.
Yarn Stash
Track every skein by fiber, weight, colorway, and dye lot. Check your stash before you start, not after you've bought duplicates.
Projects
Notes, yarn used, current row, and progress all in one project page. Nothing lost. Nothing reconstructed from memory.

Yarnzy’s new pattern sheet, importing from YouTube, the web, Ravelry, Dropbox, Google Drive, photos or a file

Pattern reading

You don’t have to start over

You already have a library. Patterns bought on Ravelry, PDFs sitting in Google Drive, a Dropbox folder, screenshots going back two years, a designer’s blog post you bookmarked once. Yarnzy takes all of it, and you don’t retype a single row.

Ravelry patterns, straight from your library
PDFs from Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud, or anywhere on your phone
Photos and screenshots including printed and handwritten patterns
A link to a pattern on a blog, a shop page, or a designer’s site
YouTube tutorials, turned into written steps you can follow
Or describe what you want to make and Yarnzy writes the pattern

A crochet pattern split into parts and numbered rounds, with a timer and row counter

Pattern reading

Understand Patterns

Upload the PDF or Provide a Link. Get instructions you can actually follow.

Yarnzy reads your pattern and turns it into numbered steps, so nothing gets lost in abbreviations or a layout designed for print.

Reads PDFs, photos, screenshots, website links, YouTube videos, or plain text
Splits the pattern into parts and steps, in order
Explains every crochet and knitting abbreviation right where it appears
Simple mode when you want plain English, technical mode when you want the original
Ask a question inside the pattern and get an answer without leaving the row
Builds the row counters automatically from the pattern itself

And there's more

Built for the way you actually craft.

Apple Watch
Camera stash
Widgets
iCloud sync
Pattern discovery
Web App
Crafting stats

From real makers

Built for real crochet and knitting workflows.

“Finally, I understand patterns without getting stuck halfway. The AI explains things the way another knitter would, not the way a textbook would.”

Elise M.

Hand-knit shop owner · Portland, OR

“I made a sweater for my daughter and was nervous about gauge. The 3D preview showed me exactly what to expect, no second-guessing for the first time ever.”

Sara K.

Crochet designer · Toronto

“Yarnzy replaced three apps and a notebook in one week. My yarn stash, project notes, and counters all live in one calm place now.”

Maya R.

Hobby crocheter · Mumbai

“Finally, I understand patterns without getting stuck halfway. The AI explains things the way another knitter would, not the way a textbook would.”
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Elise M.
Hand-knit shop owner · Portland, OR
“I made a sweater for my daughter and was nervous about gauge. The 3D preview showed me exactly what to expect, no second-guessing for the first time ever.”
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Sara K.
Crochet designer · Toronto
“Yarnzy replaced three apps and a notebook in one week. My yarn stash, project notes, and counters all live in one calm place now.”
MR
Maya R.
Hobby crocheter · Mumbai