Free tool
Knitting graph paper
Enter your gauge and paper size, then download a PDF to print. The cells match the shape of your stitches, so what you chart is what you knit.
35 × 64 stitches and rows on each sheet.
Print at 100% (Actual size), not Fit to page. Each sheet has a 1 inch ruler at the bottom, so you can check the scale before you start charting.
Once you know your gauge, the gauge calculator works out how big a chart will come out. To start from a picture instead of a blank grid, the photo to knitting chart converter turns a photo into a colorwork chart.
Frequently asked
- Why not use ordinary square graph paper?
- Knit stitches are wider than they are tall. At a gauge of 20 stitches and 28 rows per 4 inches, each stitch is about 1.4 times as wide as it is tall, so a motif charted on square paper comes out short and wide once it's knitted. Cells drawn to your gauge show the shape you'll actually get.
- What numbers should I enter?
- Your gauge: the number of stitches and rows over 4 inches (10 cm), measured on a swatch in the yarn, needles and stitch you'll use. That's how most patterns and yarn labels state gauge.
- Why are the numbers at the bottom right?
- Knitting charts are read from the bottom up, starting with row 1. When knitting flat, right-side rows are read from right to left. With numbering on, stitches are counted from the right along the bottom and rows from the bottom up the right side.
- Why does it say to print at 100%?
- Fit to page or Shrink to fit scales the sheet down by a few percent, so the cells no longer match your gauge. Choose Actual size or 100%, then measure the 1 inch ruler at the bottom of the sheet to check.
- Does it work for crochet?
- Yes. Crochet stitches aren't square either. Measure stitches and rows over 4 inches in the stitch you'll chart, such as single crochet, and enter those numbers.