Free quilting and knitting calculators
Quick answers for the maths in the middle of a project. Every tool works in inches and yards or centimetres and metres, and everything runs in your browser.
Quilting
- Quilt backing calculatorYardage, panels and seam direction for the quilt back.
- Quilt binding and border calculatorStrips and yardage for binding and borders.
- Quilt size calculatorFinished quilt size for any bed, drop and pillow tuck.
- Quilt batting calculatorBatting size and which package fits.
- Quilt block calculatorHow many blocks or squares, with or without sashing.
- Half square triangle (HST) calculatorCut sizes and square counts for 2, 4 and 8 at a time.
- Fat quarter and fabric cutting calculatorSquares per fat quarter or yard, and how many to buy.
- Printable hexagon templateHexagon sheets for EPP at true size, with seam allowance.
- Printable applique templatesHearts, stars, flowers and more, printed at any size.
- Quilt label templateType your label, preview it and print at true size.
Knitting & crochet
- Increase or decrease evenly calculatorWritten instructions for “increase evenly across the row”.
- How much yarn do I need?Yardage and skeins by project and yarn weight.
- Gauge and yarn amount calculatorConvert a pattern to your gauge and count skeins.
- How many stitches to cast onStitches to cast on for any width and gauge.
- Picking up stitches calculatorEven pick-up instructions for edges and bands.
- Temperature blanket plannerTemperature ranges, a colour for each and a printable chart.
- Row counterTap to count rows; remembers where you were.
- Crochet blanket sizes and starting chainBlanket size chart and how many chains to start with.
- Yarn grams to length calculatorGrams to metres or yards (and back) from the label.
- Amigurumi ball (sphere) calculatorRound-by-round crochet ball pattern for the size you want.
Cross stitch & embroidery
- Cross stitch fabric calculatorFinished design size and fabric to cut for any count.
- Pattern from imageTurn a photo into a stitch chart with a colour legend.
- Embroidery floss calculatorHow many skeins of floss per colour, from the stitch count.
Selling your work
Macrame
Quilt labels
Quilt sizes by bed
- Crib size quilt
- Twin size quilt
- Twin XL size quilt
- Full / Double size quilt
- Queen size quilt
- King size quilt
- California King size quilt
How much yarn for…
- How much yarn for a hat
- How much yarn for a scarf
- How much yarn for a pair of socks
- How much yarn for a shawl
- How much yarn for an adult sweater
- How much yarn for a baby blanket
- How much yarn for a throw blanket or afghan
Hexagon templates by size
- ½ inch hexagon template
- ¾ inch hexagon template
- 1 inch hexagon template
- 1¼ inch hexagon template
- 1½ inch hexagon template
- 2 inch hexagon template
- 2½ inch hexagon template
- 3 inch hexagon template
Applique templates by shape
- Heart template
- Star template
- Circle template
- Flower template
- Leaf template
- Moon template
- Apple template
- House template
- Tree template
- Butterfly template
- Cat template
- Bird template