Top-down raglanCircular yokeSet-in sleeveDrop shoulderHatSockXS to 5XLSchematic from the countsMulti-size pattern text Top-down raglanCircular yokeSet-in sleeveDrop shoulderHatSockXS to 5XLSchematic from the countsMulti-size pattern text

For designers

Grade it once.
Publish every size.

Grading is the afternoon with the spreadsheet, and the place where one wrong stitch quietly ruins a size you will never knit yourself. Skein does the arithmetic, tells you when a size will not work, and writes the pattern the way a published one reads.

Your sample size

Gauge, neck, yoke depth, upper arm, cuff, sleeve. The numbers you already have from the swatch and the sweater on the table.

Nine sizes, six constructions

Raglan, circular yoke, set-in sleeve, drop shoulder, hat and sock, XS to 5XL, with per-size shaping rather than one number scaled up.

The pattern, written

Instructions with the sizes in brackets, 96 (104, 112, 120) sts, a schematic drawn from the achieved counts, yardage per size, and a PDF to export.

Checks on every launch

Constructions

Sizes, XS to 5XL

Platforms, one purchase

Every count is a count you will have

The drawing can never disagree with the instructions.

Schematic from the numbersDrawn from the stitch counts Skein actually produces, never from a separately typed measurement.
Repeat-awarePick a stitch motif and every size holds whole repeats; the note tells you exactly how far a snapped cast-on moved the finished measurement.
Honest about the fitSet-in sleeves report the cap-to-armhole ease. A yoke that does not fit its depth says so instead of printing a number that looks fine.
Self-checked, every launchHundreds of assertions run against the engine each time the app opens. If one ever failed, you would know before a size knit wrong.

A raglan graded on iPhone with the schematic and size XS instructions

A hat graded on iPhone, with its schematic

The exported pattern PDF with the schematic and finished measurements

Skein's Knit tab with a row counter for the current project

Start Knitting: from a pattern, a graded size, or blank sections

The pattern library, with the free Chestnut Raglan

For knitters, free

Open the app and you are on the row you put down.

A row counter that keeps its placeSections, rows, notes on the row, and the count on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island while you knit.
Start Knitting This SizeGrade a sweater, tap the size you are casting on, and it becomes a tracked project with every section's row count filled in.
Patterns, stash and gaugeKeep your PDFs in a library, log the yarn you own by weight and colourway, and check gauge on a built-in swatch window.
Your own iCloudEverything syncs between iPhone, iPad and Mac through your iCloud. No Skein account, ever.
The Chestnut Raglan, includedA relaxed top-down pullover in nine sizes, graded with Skein, free inside the app.

Native on Mac

The same engine, on the desk where the pattern gets written.

One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. Grade at the desk, knit from the phone, and the Designer Workspace exports the finished PDF with the schematic and measurements on the last page, the way a published pattern reads.

Pricing

Free to knit with. Pro to publish with.

Free

forever

Row counter with Live Activity
Pattern library, yarn stash, gauge tool
iCloud sync across your devices
The Chestnut Raglan pattern
Grade one full size, in every construction

Download

Designer Pro

$59.99

a year, or $7.99 a month

All nine sizes, XS to 5XL
Multi-size pattern text with bracketed sizes
Designer Workspace and PDF export
Per-size yardage from your weighed swatch
Stitch motifs and charts in the grade

Start the 7-day free trial Less than a tenth of one outsourced grading job. Cancel any time in Settings.

Grade it once.Publish every size.