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Knit Handy app for iPhone and iPad


4.1 ( 8461 ratings )
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Developer: F+W Media, Inc.
0.99 USD
Current version: 1.1, last update: 6 years ago
First release : 17 Nov 2011
App size: 10.21 Mb

Knit Handy helps you quickly determine exactly how much yarn you need for your next knitting project. Ann Budd, expert knitter, has transformed her successful Knitter’s Handy Guide to Yarn Requirements (Interweave) into the perfect app for knitters of all skill levels. This visual tool explores the yardage requirements for eight of the most popular knitted items: sweaters, vests, mittens, gloves, socks, scarves, tama, and hats. Knit Handy shows all sizes ranging from baby or toddler to large adult, and for multiple gauges from fine to bulk yarns. You’ll want this app any time you’re buying yarn—always! It’s the best go-everywhere accessory for knitters. Download today.


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Pros and cons of Knit Handy app for iPhone and iPad

Knit Handy app good for

Just in time for post-Christmas yarn sales, your timing on this is brilliant! I have been carrying around the pamphlet version of Handy for months, and it is so great to now have it at my fingertips on iPhone. A nice feature is when it brings up your yarn requirements you can easily switch from yards to metres on the same screen. Straightforward to use, nice appearance, great price. What would make this a 5-star app is the addition of a calculator: if you could enter in the yardage on the ball band and it calculated the number of balls to buy for a project. Then it would be truly a one-stop app. Looking forward to this update...
I wasnt going to bother with this app since I already have another yarn usage app. But this little app is quite nice. I like that you can adjust the gauge and the yardage appears on the screen without having to hit submit. This way you can play with gauge and easily see the yardage without any back-and-forth. Yardage for sweaters (for example) ranges a lot depending on stitch pattern, cables, necklines etc. The yardage given gives just a 10% buffer (I think thats what the app description said), so keep those design decisions in mind when considering yardage requirements. I thought it would be nice to have the app consider some of those factors, but where to draw the line? I realize its a slippery slope. Overall, this is a very nice app for knitters, well worth the cost.
I really like this app. I own a knitting store & I used the old-skool paper version for 9 years before I got an iGadget, and I also use Ann Budds books for reference too. The only thing the app needs are the in-between gauges: 3.5, 4.5, 5.5, 6.5 sts/inch. So many standardized yarn sizes fall in the middle gauge, and I still have to use a calculator to figure out the final yardage. Please fix!

Some bad moments

Very handy but would be even better if the gauge were in sts per 10cm as well as in inches. In the metric world thats how its done. Muddlesknit.
Finally an app that will be of use in a yarn store. How many times have we all seen a gorgeous yarn but didnt know how much to buy for a project. The only improvement I could think of would be to add a category for sleeveless sweaters.
Ann Budd is a knitters knitter. She distills our art to the essence of form, simplicity, and function. She will always be first in my queue.
this app is awesome. i always have my iphone with me at the yarn shop, and now i can easily look up my yarn needs.
Great app, but I would love to see an update that calculates yardage for afghans!
this app is so simplistic that I cant imagine it offering anything to anyone.