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Free tools

Free tools for crocheters and toy makers

No sign-up for any of these. They're grouped by where you are in a project: getting ready, making, practising, or designing your own.

Before you start

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR (6)Rnd 2: inc around (12)Rnd 3: (sc, inc) x6 (18) Rnd 4: (sc 2, inc) x6 (25) ! Rnd 4 makes 24 stitches, not 25.
CrochetAmigurumiCrochet pattern checker

Paste any pattern. It counts every round and flags the one whose stitches don't add up, before it costs you an evening.

Check a pattern →
UKUS dc sc tr dc Same letters, different stitches.
CrochetAmigurumiUK to US crochet terms converter

A UK pattern's dc is a US sc. Paste the pattern and get it back in US terms, with every change marked.

Convert a pattern →
23456810Hook thickness in mm, drawn to scale
CrochetAmigurumiHook size chart and picker

Millimetres, US letters and UK numbers in one chart, and the right hook for your yarn in one tap.

Find my hook →

While you make, practise and design

While you makeAmigurumi3D build-along

Watch a toy build itself round by round in 3D, with each round's stitch count on screen, so you know what yours should look like.

Watch a free preview →
Sewing basics, in pictures: example
Learn and practiseSewingSewing basics, in pictures

Seam allowance, notches, grainline, pressing, size charts and fabric width: the six things every sewing pattern assumes you know.

See the six basics →
ONE ROUND IS WRONG. WHICH? Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR (6) Rnd 2: inc around (12) Rnd 3: (sc, inc) x6 (18) Rnd 4: (sc 2, inc) x6 (25) ? Tap the round you think is off.
Learn and practiseCrochetAmigurumiSpot the mistake

One round in each puzzle has the wrong stitch count. Find it, then see why. Two minutes, and you'll read patterns faster.

Try a puzzle →
The Designer: example
Design your ownAmigurumiThe Designer

Describe a toy and get a full pattern, with every round counted by the checker. Your first design is free.

Design a toy →

More sewing and knitting tools are on the way. Every sewing and knitting pattern in the shop already comes with its sizes and measurements written out in full.