Crochet & Knitting Counting Guides
Practical guides on counting rows, tracking pattern repeats and choosing a counter — written to be useful whether or not you use our app.
- How to Count Rows in Crochet (Without Losing Your Place)
How to count crochet rows and rounds reliably: reading your stitches, whether the turning chain counts, marking every tenth row, and recovering a count you have already lost.
Updated 13 August 2026 - How to Count Rows in Knitting
Count knitting rows accurately in stockinette, garter stitch and ribbing, learn whether the cast-on counts as row one, and how to rebuild a count you have lost.
Updated 13 August 2026 - How to Track Pattern Repeats Without Losing Count
Most lost counts are lost repeat counts, not row counts. How to track pattern repeats, increases and colour changes with a second counter, markers and a written landmark.
Updated 13 August 2026 - Digital or Mechanical Row Counter: Which Is Actually Better?
Clicker, ring counter, abacus bracelet or phone app? What each type of row counter is genuinely good at, where each one fails, and why many crafters use two at once.
Updated 13 August 2026 - How to Choose a Row Counter App (A Checklist)
Eight things to check before you trust a counter app with a project: the force-quit test, undo, multiple counters, offline behaviour, where your data lives and what the free tier really covers.
Updated 13 August 2026