From Knitter to Designer
Write your first pattern without ever touching a spreadsheet
You want to start designing patterns,
you just need the right tool.
Sketches in notebooks, gauge math in spreadsheets, formatting in Word. Protocol combines everything you need to get started.
Chart it once, get written instructions automatically.
Professional patterns include both charted and written instructions. Protocol generates both from a single chart, so your instructions always match and any knitter can follow along.
Pattern writing shouldn't feel like bookkeeping
Spreadsheet full of stitch counts you re-check at 2am...
A gauge panel that calculates every size automatically
Enter your gauge once. Protocol calculates stitch counts for every section, across every size in your range. Change your gauge later and every number updates.
Copying numbers from that spreadsheet into Word and praying nothing's wrong...
Instructions that stay in sync with your math
Click a garment section, answer a few design questions, and Protocol generates your instructions with the right stitch counts already in place. Edit anything by hand.
Fighting Word templates to make your PDF look professional...
A real document editor made for knitting patterns
Fonts, headers, stitch charts, images, and page layout. What you see is what your knitters get. Export a print-ready PDF without ever touching InDesign.
Send a link. Your knitter gets a pattern they can resize to their gauge.
Share a read-only link to your pattern. Your knitter enters their own gauge, sees every stitch count recalculated, and downloads a PDF with their numbers. No account needed.
You don't need a design degree.
You just need your ideas.
Create a free account and start building your first pattern today.
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