Meet StitchLog — A pattern reader for your wrist
StitchLog is the offline knit and crochet companion for the 45 million Americans who count rows.
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StitchLog
A pattern reader for your wrist.
Every feature, from the first launch.
No account, no login, no cloud. Everything runs on your device and works fully offline — nothing in this post is hidden behind a wall.
What StitchLog does
StitchLog is the offline knit and crochet companion for the 45 million Americans who count rows. It's the one row-counter that runs standalone on Apple Watch — no iPhone tethering required.
The row-counter category is huge and broken. My Row Counter (3,600+ reviews) puts its Watch app behind a subscription and reviewers report it disconnects after 60 seconds. knitCompanion forces a $9.99/yr subscription for basic chart navigation. YarnBuddy crashes with large project stashes. None of them solves the actual problem: when you're on the couch, knitting in your lap, you can't keep glancing at your phone.
What StitchLog does:
— Apple Watch standalone. Tap the Digital Crown to advance a row. Haptic on every 10th row and on user-marked milestone rows. Works without your iPhone in the room. — Unlimited projects. Active scarves, sleeping sweaters, half-finished blankets. SwiftData on-device. — PDF pattern reader. Import any pattern PDF from Files/Mail; Vision text recognition extracts row markers. Tap a row line to jump there from the Watch. — Multi-counter per project. Edge stitches, repeat counter, decrease counter — track three at once. — Project journal. Photos, yarn brand, needle size, gauge swatch notes. Offline, on this phone. — No account. No subscription. No Ravelry login. One-time $9.99 if we ever charge — for now, free.
For the 6.8M US Ravelers and the 45M American crafters — the row counter that respects your wrist.
A look inside
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What's inside
- Project list — Active + archived projects with cover photo + last row
- New project — Name, yarn brand, needle size, target row count, optional PDF pattern
- Counter — Big row count, +/- buttons, milestone haptic markers
- Pattern reader — PDF viewer with Vision OCR extraction of row markers
- Journal — Photos, gauge swatch notes, yarn brand, completion log
Why we built it
Knitters and crocheters need a reliable row counter on the wrist, but every existing app gates the Watch feature behind a paywall (My Row Counter), forces a subscription for basic chart use (knitCompanion), or crashes with large stashes (YarnBuddy).
What makes it different
StitchLog is the only knit/crochet counter that runs as a fully standalone Apple Watch app (no iPhone tethering, no disconnect after 60 seconds, no subscription) with on-device Vision OCR of imported pattern PDFs to extract row markers — My Row Counter gates the Watch app behind a paywall and disconnects after a minut…
Who it's for
Hobbyists who want a tool that respects their time, their gear, and their offline life.
In one line: A pattern reader for your wrist.
Try it
See the StitchLog app page for the full feature list, the info table, and support links.
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