Find answers to frequently asked questions about the main functions of the app.
Although you can configure the counters as you like, the global counter is generally used to follow your global progression on the item/part that you are knitting. Just increment each time you finished a row, to easily keep track of where you are in your pattern and avoid mistakes. Learn More >
If, for instance, your pattern states: knit 3 rows; knit 2 together the entire row; repeat this 4 times. You can configure a secondary counter to reset at 4, show the number of reset, and add a comment to show at row #4 that says "knit 2 together". Per default, the secondary counters are linked to the global counter. Therefore, incrementing the global counter will also increment your secondary counter. Learn More >
See other examples to help you set-up your counters >
For instance, if your pattern says: *1 row: purl; 2 rows Stockinette stitches; 1 row 1x1 rib; 2 rows Stockinette stitches* Repeat 4 times. You can configure a secondary counter to reset at 6 (total number of rows in the sequence to repeat), show the number of reset (to stop after the 4th repetition), and add the following comments:
"purl" at row #1 ; "Stockinette" at row #2; "Stockinette" at row #3; "1x1 rib" at row #4 and "Stockinette" again at row #5 and #6.
Per default, the secondary counters are linked to the global counter. Therefore, incrementing the global counter will also increment your secondary counter.
Learn More >
See other examples to help you set-up your counters >
To reset the Global Counter, go to the counter setting screen, and click on the blue icon next to the pen.
To reset a secondary Counter, enable the expert mode, and click on the yellow icon.
You can also set an arbitrary value to the counter just by clicking on the number displayed, then editing that number.
Yes! On the projects list screen (where you can see all your projects), click on the gear icon on the top right corner. You can then tick a box to make all counters start at 0 per default.
Please note that this will only take effect for counters who are created after.
You can also individually customize this per counter. In the settings page, activate the expert mode.
Then for each of your counter, you can configure at which value it will start.
For each global or secondary counters, you have the possibility to create reminders and define at which row(s) of that global/secondary counter they will appear. To do this, go to the settings of the related counter and click "Add a reminder" to set up your reminders.
If you click on the swatch icon on the bottom right of your counter settings, you can enter the swatch details given in your pattern. You can then set a reminder on your global counter depending on length of your project.
If you notice that the piece you are working turns out differently than the swatch, you can use the swatch adapter in your tools, to convert the measurements.
Within one project, in the counter settings you have the possibility to create several parts for your project.
Each part should correspond to one piece of the item you are knitting/crocheting.
For instance: A typical sweater would have 5 parts:
- Part 1: Front
- Part 2: Back
- Part 3: Sleeve 1
- Part 4: Sleeve 2
- Part 5: Neckband
By default, a new project has only 1 part, but when needed you can add more parts to your project.
Each Part has its own Global Counter, and you can create Seconday Counters specific to each parts as well.
This can be very useful when you are making complex items, made out of several pieces that you will later sew together:
- Global Counter: With the global counter of each part (=piece) you will follow your global progression (at which row you are on that piece)
- Secondary Counters: Having secondary counters specific to each part helps you keep things organized, and only see the secondary counters that are relevant to the piece you are working on.
In the counter settings of your project, at the top of the screen, you will see "Part 1" followed by a "+" on the right.
Click on the "+".
More details with screenshots here >
If you set the Number of Rows of your Global counter, the app will switch automatically to the next part, after you reach the last row of the part you are working on.
If you don't set the Number of Rows (or wish to change parts before reaching the end of your current part), you can switch parts in the screen where you knit/crochet:
- If you have imported your pattern in the app : tap the rounded button with a number, located on the right side of the screen.
- if you haven't imported a pattern: tap on Part X, in blue, below your project's name.
You can there switch to any part you want.
See more details with screenshots >
How to duplicate parts?
- enable Expert mode in the general settings
- In the Counter Settings of your project, you will see a duplicate blue icon in the bottom left corner.
- Ensure you are on the part that you want to duplicate, and tap this icon
Why duplicate parts?
This can be very useful if you are knitting sleeves, crocheting legs... You can create a part for Sleeve 1, duplicate it and use the duplicate for Sleeve 2.
See more details with Screenshots here >
When you are in the project screen, click on the “import pattern button”.
Then, select the source depending on where your pattern file is located.
If you have already imported a pattern but want to remove it or add another file, click on the blue icon on the bottom right of your knitting/crocheting screen.
You can import:
PDF patterns, ePub or Word documents that are downloadable from Ravelry, Lovecrafts or another website.
Patterns on a web page: to do this, click on the import pattern icon, select the source "from Web", then you will see a search page. Use that search page to find the page that you want to import, and when you are on it tap the blue arrow button at the bottom left, and then tap import this page. You can also directly share websites to Row Counter when you are browsing.
Video patterns: click on the web source, go to Youtube and download the page of the desired video.
Photo: click on the source Camera, and take a picture or import a picture from your device library.
If you need to import several pictures to your project, first use your usual camera app to take all the necessary pictures, then go to the app, select the "Import Photo" feature, then select "From gallery" and select the pictures you need.
On Android, depending on your device, you may need to press long on the first picture to be able to import several pictures.
Ravelry is a website dedicated to knitting. You can find tons of inspirations there, patterns available for free or for a little fee. You need to create an account on Ravelry in order to browse and download patterns.
From your project screen, click on the import pattern button.
If you do not have a Ravelry account yet, click on Search Ravelry, then create an account by clicking the Join now button.
If you already have a Ravelry account, click either on Search Ravelry or Ravelry library then log in with your Ravelry credentials.
Search Ravelry: search for free Ravelry patterns. Simply enter keywords on the top text input.
Ravelry library: patterns you saved to your Ravelry library, for example patterns you bought on the Ravelry website.
Yes, if you select the source Photo, you will be able to take or import pictures from your magazine patterns. If it takes several pictures to import the entire pattern, take the pictures first with your usual Photo app, then select the source Photo and the option Gallery. That way you will be able to import several pictures.
Go to the import pattern screen, then click Drive.
Alternatively, on Android you can: From your project screen, click on the “import pattern” button, then select My Device. Click on the 3 lines on the left corner then select Drive.
When you are in the project screen, click on the “import pattern button”.
(If you have already imported a pattern but want to remove it or add another file, click on the blue icon on the bottom right of your knitting/crocheting screen.)
Select the "internet" button. If you have a direct link, you may use it by clicking on the button on the top. Else you can search for your website using the search box that appears.
When you are on the pattern page and it is exactly the page you want (you can see the pattern instructions, etc), click on the arrow on the bottom left, then click import.
Alternatively, you can also use your usual browser and share websites directly from your browser to the app. When you are on the website in your browser, open the options menu and select "share website". Select Row Counter. Row Counter opens automatically. Enter a name for the project and it will create a new project with the website as pattern.
If you want to be sure that your pattern stays available even if you don't have internet or if the page disappears from the website, we recommend you to convert the page to a pdf.
Click on the blue icon on the bottom right of your knitting/crocheting screen then click on the little PDF icon.
After importing the pattern, go to your pattern import overview by clicking the blue file icon on your knitting screen. Then, click the arrow symbol on the pattern you want to rotate.
If you don't want your device to open files with My Row Counter by default, go into your general settings > apps > select My Row Counter and turn off the "open by default" option.
The next time you open a file, you can choose a different app to open by default.
Yes you can! When you will turn the screen on again, a popup will ask you if you want to add the time passed since you turned it off. If you have been knitting, just click on Yes. If you have been doing something else, don't cheat and click on No. :)
You need first to enable the expert mode. Then go to the counter setting screen, click on the yellow icon of the counter you want to hide, and click on Hide. Learn More >
We configured 3 sizes. To make the counters bigger/smaller, go your profile screen, click on the gear icon on the top right. You will see there an option to switch your counter size from normal, to small or big.
To draw on your project, click on the drawing button on the middle left then click on the pencil button. Select the area where to draw then simply press on the screen to draw. You can also select transparent drawing so that the instructions on the pdf stay visible.
To add an annotation, from your project screen, click on the draw button on the middle left, click on the annotation but then click where you want to add the annotation, enter the text you want, then click on the save button (On Android, you might want to touch the back button on the bottom part of your phone’s screen to make the keyboard disappear).
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Once you have imported your pattern, you will see on the left side a marker icon. If you tap this icon, you will see a highlighter menu appear:
- Select the horizontal and/or vertical highlight bars
- The settings icon give you access to the settings page, where you can change the highlight bar color, size...
Learn more >
In the highlighter menu, select the multi-line highlighter. There, you will see your pattern:
- you can adjust the size and position of your pattern to best see the parts that you want to highlight
- do a first long tap where you want your highlight to start
- do a second long tap where you want it to end.
- with the arrow icon on the top right corner of the screen, you can undo a highlight at any time.
- on the top side of the screen, you can set the size and color of your highlight (before adding them).
Learn more >
In the highlighter menu, use the chart icon to use the highlighter for charts. Follow the instructions:
- to select your chart, tap on the left top corner of the first row of the chart, then "next", then the bottom right corner of the last row of your chart and "next" again.
- Put in the number of rows and columns. You will then get the option to link the global or secondary counters.
- If you have multiple parts in your project, make sure you select the correct counters of the part you are working in.
- Check if your counters start at 1 (default option) or 0. If they start at 0, they will not match the rows of your chart.
The chart highlighter will move row by row (column by column) when incrementing your counter(s).
To delete or edit the chart highlighter, tap the pencil icon(s) next to your chart highlighter bar. If you reach the maximum number of rows for your chart, the bar will automatically disappear on the next increase.
The bar for columns will reset automatically once you reached the maximum amount of columns in your chart.
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Some features like the highlighter or the annotation only works on PDFs and images, not on Web-Pages.
If you want to use them, you can convert the web-page on which your pattern is to a PDF.
On your knitting/crocheting screen, click on the 2 blue arrows. You will then see a card corresponding to the web-page you imported. Click on the round blue button on the top-right corner of this card to convert it to a PDF.
More details here >
In your project, tap the file icon to import a pattern. Choose "Create a chart" from the personal sources and create a new chart or import an existing one from the tool section to your project.
More details with screenshots >
Please be aware that this tool is made to easily create charts from simple imagery. However, if you create a chart from image and it looks somehow distorted, try these steps to improve the result:
- Use only two-dimensional, simple images. Icons, logos, cartoons work best.
- Limit the used colors by deleting unwanted preselected colors.
- Crop your image to exclude unnecessary background.
- Adjust number of rows and columns.
- Manually adjust single cells to match your image.
Scroll to the end of available stitch symbols and click + to add a custom symbol. Define the dimensions of the symbol. Draw out your symbol by tapping and filling the cells. Add instructions and description to your symbol and save. You can find your new symbol at the end of the available symbols. Once you created a custom symbol, you can find and use it for all your charts.
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Import existing charts you created with the charts tool to a pattern in the Pattern Creator:
Edit your pattern in the Pattern Creator and "add content". Select "Chart" and "import" to add a chart you created with the tool to your pattern.
Learn more about the Pattern Creator >
When editing your chart, tap the gear icon on the top right to change the name or dimensions of your chart. More details with screenshots >
To create a project: Click on the New Project tab, enter the name of your project, select if it is a knitting or crocheting project, then click ok.
To delete a project: On your profile screen, do a long click on the project you want to delete. then click on the blue bin, and confirm.
The app allows you to
- Add global Yarn & needle stash
- Import your stash from Ravelry
- Assign stash to a specific project.
Add global Yarn & needle stash / Import from Ravelry
- Tap the white woolball icon on the top of the profile screen
- select Needle or Yarn Stash
- There, you will be given the possibility to import your stash from Ravelry
- You can as well manually add stash
Assign stash to a specific project:
- On your profile screen, do a long click on the project.
- Then, tap on See Yarn (or See Needles):
--- If you haven't yet, you will be given the possibility to import stash from Ravelry
--- If your global stash is empty: you can add stash directly from there. You then need to assign it to the project
--- If you already added stash to the app, you can select the stash and assign the desired amount to the project
On your profile screen, do a long click on the project. You can then click on description to add a description, or on the camera icon to add a picture. To add more pictures, just click on the camera icon again.
On your profile screen, do a long click on your project. Then,
- Duplicate: click on the "duplicate" icon.
- Mark as Finished: click on "finish". You will be able to undo this action later if needed, on the same screen.
- Mark as unfinished: if you previously set a project as finished, just click on cancel finish
On your profile screen, do a long click on your project. You will then see a "Reset Timer" button.
On your profile screen, do a long click on your project. Then, click on Move to Folder. On the next screen, you will be able to create a folder and assign your project to it.
Going back to the profile screen, you will see the newly created folder instead of your project. Click on the folder to access the projects that belong to it.
You need to add an average number of stitch per row, in your global counter settings. That way we can calculate an approximation of the number of stitches that you have knit.
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You need a working internet connection on both devices for the synchronization to happen.
If offline, the app will still work and will synchronize when you come back online.
All devices need to be connected with the same account in the app. That way we can track all changes, and update your projects on all your devices.
You can check when was the device last synchronized by clicking on the 3 white dots on the top right corner of the projects list page, then synchronization.
To preserve battery and network usage, we only look for changes when you switch to the list of projects. You also need to allow a few seconds for the synchronization to happen. A message should appear telling you that synchronization is in progress.
If you create an account, all your projects will be saved. This will allow you to use the app and retrieve your projects on several devices, all synchronized. If you lose your mobile, your projects will be safe as well, you will be able to retrieve them as soon as you login with your account.
We know, subscriptions can be scary but remember you have a 7 day free trial period and you can cancel it at any time.
In order to maintain the app, fix bugs appearing with the evolution of your operating systems, new screen size… We need to work constantly on the app. Furthermore, we don’t want just to maintain it, we want to make it better, which takes time and daily work.
This cost us time, but also money (for the servers, translation and other services). We offered the app for free and without ads for a year until it reached a number of features that we consider worth a little fee (You can still use the app for free, you will just not have access to premium features). Without your contribution, we would lose money every month and probably couldn’t continue this wonderful project.
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Click on the settings button located on the top right of the "my projects" page. Click "manage account", then change email or username.
Go to your old device, click on the account icon on the top left of the "my projects" screen and check that the email entered is correctly. Use it to login on your second device.
This is usually an issue stemming from the app store. Check if you have an internet connection. Restart your device. If it still doesn't work, update the Google Play app. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Play Store app. At the top right, tap the profile picture. Tap Settings and then About and then Play Store version. The app updates or notifies you that your version is up to date. If it still doesn't work, update your payment method
Row Counter is available for Apple watches supporting watchOS5 and higher and Android smart watches compatible with WearOS.
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Under "Screen timeout" in the settings of your watch, you can extend the duration of the last app displayed. The app will then be displayed immediately after you unlock your screen.
If you don't want your screen to lock or timeout, extend the duration of the screen timeout.