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A yarn substitution calculator. Enter the yarn you have and your gauge, and it works out whether it suits the pattern, which size to knit, how much yarn to buy, and how to adjust the stitch counts when your gauge differs.
Coming soonWhat we're building
A suite of knitting tools
Our first tools work together: one helps you choose and substitute yarn, the other turns a knitting pattern into a clear guide you can follow on your phone or tablet.
Pattern Reader
Load a knitting pattern PDF you've bought and it reads the sizes, gauge, yarn amounts and measurements, then lays the instructions out as a step-by-step guide for your size, with row counters and progress saved as you knit.
Coming soonKnitting Godmother
A helper inside the Pattern Reader that writes out every instruction of a pattern clearly, so you can knit section by section without flipping back and forth through the PDF.
Coming soonAbout
About Galaxycats
Galaxycats is an independent software business based in Sydney, Australia, founded by Jing Li to build practical, friendly tools for the knitting community.
Jing brings around 18 years of experience delivering large technology and data projects, and a degree in computer engineering. Galaxycats puts that experience to work on the everyday problems knitters run into: finding a yarn that works, and getting a pattern right in the size they want.
The tools respect pattern designers' work: patterns stay with the knitter who bought them, and nothing from a pattern is ever shared or published.
Privacy
Your privacy
This website doesn't use cookies, tracking or analytics, and it doesn't collect any personal information. If you email us, we use your message only to reply to you.
When our apps launch, they will follow these principles:
- Patterns you load stay in your own account. They are never shared, sold or published.
- We collect only what the app needs to work, such as your sign-in, your saved projects and your credit balance.
- You can ask us to delete your account and everything stored with it at any time.
A full privacy policy will be published here before launch.
Get in touch
Questions, partnerships, or want to hear when we launch? We'd love to hear from you.