A project is one thing you’re making. It holds everything about that make in one place, so the next time you pick it up you don’t have to remember where you were.
Starting one
From the Projects tab, add a project and either pick a pattern from your library or start from scratch. Starting from a pattern means the reader, your counters and the pattern all sit together; starting from scratch is right for something you’re improvising.
If you use Ravelry, projects you keep there sync in too.
What a project holds
- Notes — the running commentary: hook size, changes you made, where you deviated
- Photos — progress shots and the finished thing
- Steps — the small jobs that aren’t rows: weave in ends, sew on eyes, block it
- Row counters — see Row counters
- Yarn Used and Bits & Bobs Used — see Yarn and bits in a project
- Progress — how far along you are
Notes are for your future self
The most useful thing in a project, months later, is rarely the row count — it’s the line that says “went down a hook size, the 4mm was too loose”. That’s the note that saves you when you make the second one.
Nothing here needs Ravelry
Projects you make yourself live on your device and travel between your own devices through iCloud. They’re never uploaded to Ravelry, and they stay if you disconnect your Ravelry account — see What happens when I sign out?.