Craft communities, guilds and forums

Ravelry

The largest database of knitting and crochet patterns and yarns

Ravelry is a free database and community for knitters and crocheters. It lists hundreds of thousands of patterns, many of them free, along with a yarn database, project notes from other makers and discussion forums. Its pattern search filters by craft, yarn weight, yardage, garment type and price, which makes it the f…

• Huge pattern database with free and paid patterns
• Advanced filters by weight, yardage and garment
• Yarn database and stash tracking
• Project pages from other makers

American Quilter's Society

Quilt shows, magazines and membership

The American Quilter's Society runs major quilt shows, publishes books and a magazine, and offers memberships.

Crochet Guild of America

Membership association for crocheters

The Crochet Guild of America is a membership association that supports crochet education, local chapters and certification programmes.

Crochetville

Long-running crochet community forum

Crochetville is a long-running crochet community forum for questions, pattern help and project sharing.

Embroiderers’ Guild of America

Needlework education and local chapters

The Embroiderers' Guild of America supports needlework education with chapters, classes and correspondence courses.

Gathered

Craft magazine site with free patterns and how-tos

Gathered is the website of a group of UK craft magazines, with free knitting, crochet, sewing, quilting and cross-stitch patterns and beginner guides.

Interweave

Knitting and crochet patterns, magazines and books

Interweave publishes knitting and crochet magazines and books and sells patterns from them online. Its archive covers decades of designs. It is a good source of well-edited, tested patterns.

• Pattern store
• Magazines and books
• Technique articles

Knitty

Free online knitting magazine with patterns since 2002

Knitty is a free online knitting magazine that has published patterns and technique articles since 2002. Its archive contains hundreds of free designs. Some of the most-knitted free patterns online started here.

• Archive of free patterns
• Technique articles
• Seasonal issues

Mr X Stitch

Contemporary embroidery and cross-stitch art magazine

Mr X Stitch is an online magazine about contemporary embroidery and cross-stitch art, featuring artists and techniques.

Ottobre Design

Sewing magazine packed with children’s and women’s patterns

Ottobre Design is a Finnish sewing magazine. Each issue contains many traced patterns, with a strong focus on children's clothing as well as a women's edition.

PatternReview

Sewing community with thousands of pattern reviews

PatternReview is a sewing community where members post detailed reviews of commercial and indie sewing patterns, with fit notes and photos, plus forums and contests.

• Pattern reviews with photos
• Forums
• Sewing contests

Quilting Daily

Quilt patterns, magazines and quilting tutorials

Quilting Daily is the online home of several quilting magazines, with free and paid quilt patterns, tutorials and videos. It covers traditional and modern quilting.

• Free and paid patterns
• Magazines
• Tutorials

QuiltingBoard

Busy forum for quilters

QuiltingBoard is a large discussion forum for quilters to share projects, ask questions and swap tips.

The Fold Line

UK sewing community, pattern shop and podcast

The Fold Line is a UK sewing community with a pattern database, member makes, a pattern and fabric shop, and a podcast.

The Knitting Guild Association

Knitting guild with master knitting programmes

The Knitting Guild Association (TKGA) offers memberships, correspondence courses and the well-known Master Hand Knitting programme.

The Modern Quilt Guild

Global community of modern quilters and local guilds

The Modern Quilt Guild is a membership organisation connecting modern quilters through local guilds, QuiltCon and online resources.