The Dreamknit guide

Knitting tips, techniques and inspiration

Everything you need to become a better knitter.

What decides the difficulty level of a design?

Why do some designs get difficulty level 1 and others 4? Here are the techniques that decide the difficulty of your Dreamknit knitting pattern.

Customize your own mitten pattern

Thumb, cuff, structure, decreases. You pick every detail yourself, and your mitten pattern is ready in seconds. Here is how it works.

Create unique knitted gifts for Christmas

Give a gift no one else has. Design a beanie, a pair of mittens, a scarf or a whole sweater in the size and colors you want, and get the pattern in seconds.

A gauge swatch that is used to measure the gauge when knitting.

The ultimate guide to gauge swatching

If you've read a knitting pattern, you've probably seen the term "gauge" before. But what does it really mean and why is it important? Let's take a look!

Two girls wearing knitted slipovers in green and peach orange yarn. The patterns are made in Dreamknit's design tool for knitters, where you make your personalized pattern in any yarn

How to make your own knits

Use your creativity to create your own personalized knitting pattern. See how easy it is to use the design tool here 👀

Two girls using Dreamknit's design tool to design their own customized knits. They are wearing knitted sweaters and beanies from Dreamknit

How to Dreamknit

Our mission is to make knitting accessible and easy! Therefore we've developed a design tool where you can make your own knits in any yarn and get the pattern in seconds 👩🎨

A girl wearing a bright pink knitted sweater outside

About our sweater patterns

Considering designing your first knitted sweater in Dreamknit but would like to know more about our patterns first? Then you've come to the right place!

5 tips for beginner knitters

It's normal to feel confused and overwhelmed at the beginning of your knitting journey. But don't worry, we've got you covered! Here are 5 essential tips 🫶

A bundle of cobalt blue thick mohair yarn.

Yarn Substitutes: Find an Alternative by Gauge

We love yarn and experimenting with different combinations and have compiled a list of yarns sorted by gauge to easily see which yarns can be substituted with each other.