The best websites for free knitting patterns

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

DROPS Design

Thousands of free knitting and crochet patterns from a yarn brand

DROPS Design (Garnstudio) is a Norwegian yarn company that publishes thousands of free knitting and crochet patterns, translated into many languages, along with free video tutorials. The patterns are written for DROPS yarns, but each one lists the yarn weight group so you can substitute.

• Thousands of free patterns
• Many languages
• Video tutorials
• Patterns grouped by yarn weight

Lion Brand Yarn

Family-owned American yarn brand with thousands of free patterns

Lion Brand is a family-owned American yarn company founded in 1878. Its yarns, from acrylic basics to wool blends, are sold widely, and its website offers thousands of free knitting and crochet patterns.

Purl Soho

New York yarn and fabric shop with hundreds of free patterns

Purl Soho is a New York craft shop selling yarn, fabric and supplies. Its website publishes hundreds of free knitting, crochet, sewing and quilting patterns with careful photography and instructions.

Tin Can Knits

Size-inclusive knitting patterns and a free beginner series

Tin Can Knits is a two-designer company known for knitting patterns sized from baby to large adult. Its free Simple Collection teaches beginners with one-pattern-at-a-time projects such as a hat, sweater and socks. The blog has clear technique tutorials.

LoveCrafts

Craft marketplace for yarn, patterns and supplies

LoveCrafts is a large online craft shop and pattern marketplace. It sells yarn from many brands, including its own Paintbox Yarns, along with free and paid knitting, crochet and sewing patterns. It is a good place to buy a pattern and the yarn for it in one order.

• Yarn from many brands
• Free and paid patterns
• Kits and supplies

Yarnspirations

Home of Bernat, Caron and Patons yarn, with free patterns

Yarnspirations is the home of yarn brands including Bernat, Caron and Patons. Its site has a very large library of free knitting and crochet patterns written for those yarns.

AllFreeKnitting

Large collection of free knitting patterns

AllFreeKnitting collects free knitting patterns from designers and yarn companies, sorted by project type and skill level. It is ad-supported.

• Free patterns sorted by project
• Beginner sections
• Tutorials

Berroco

American yarn company with many free patterns

Berroco is an American yarn company with a broad range of yarns and a large selection of free knitting and crochet patterns.

Blue Sky Fibers

Natural-fibre yarns including alpaca and cotton

Blue Sky Fibers makes yarns from natural fibres such as alpaca, organic cotton and wool, with free patterns.

Cascade Yarns

Wool yarns including the classic Cascade 220

Cascade Yarns is an American yarn company best known for Cascade 220, a versatile worsted wool, with free patterns for its yarns.

Daisy Farm Crafts

Free crochet patterns and beginner tutorials

Daisy Farm Crafts publishes free crochet patterns with step-by-step photos and videos, many aimed at beginners.

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.

Hobbii

Danish yarn shop and brand with free patterns

Hobbii is a Danish online yarn shop that sells its own yarn lines at accessible prices, along with free knitting and crochet patterns and kits.

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

Plymouth Yarn

Yarn company with a wide range and free patterns

Plymouth Yarn is an American yarn company with a wide range of yarns and free patterns.

Premier Yarns

Affordable yarns with free patterns

Premier Yarns makes affordable acrylic, cotton and blend yarns, with free knitting and crochet patterns.

Sarah Maker

Crochet and knitting patterns with beginner guides

Sarah Maker is a blog of free crochet and knitting patterns and beginner guides covering stitches, tools and yarn.

Schachenmayr

German yarn brand with knitting and crochet patterns

Schachenmayr is a German yarn brand with a large range of yarns and free patterns.

Sheep and Stitch

Knitting tutorials and patterns for beginners

Sheep and Stitch is a knitting blog with beginner-focused patterns and tutorials, including step-by-step guides and videos for basic techniques.

Stylecraft

British yarns for crochet blankets and everyday knitting

Stylecraft is a British yarn brand whose Special DK acrylic is a favourite for crochet blankets, with many free patterns.

Universal Yarn

Yarns from budget to luxury, with free patterns

Universal Yarn distributes a broad range of yarns, from budget acrylics to luxury fibres, with free patterns.