Free row & stitch counter
Row counter.
Count rows, stitches, and pattern repeats — as many at once as your project needs. Big tap target, keyboard shortcuts, and it keeps your place when you close the tab. No account, works with the network off.
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Why two counters, not one
Most projects are counting two things.
A clicker holds one number. A raglan sleeve needs two: which row you are on, and how many increases you have worked. A stranded yoke needs the row and the repeat. The moment those two numbers have to live in the same clicker, one of them lives in your head instead — and that is where a lost place comes from.
So this counter is built around having several, named, side by side. Set the repeat length and it will also tell you how far you are from the next increase row, which is the arithmetic people most often get wrong at 11pm.
Counter questions
Asked constantly, answered once.
- Is this row counter free?
- Yes, entirely, with no account and no app to install. It runs in the browser and keeps working with the network off.
- Does it remember my count if I close the tab?
- Yes — every tap is saved to this device immediately. One caveat worth knowing: Safari clears local website storage after roughly seven days without a visit, so for a project you are putting down for a month, write the row number somewhere as well. No counter that stores on your device alone can get around that.
- Can I track more than one thing at once?
- Yes, and that is the main reason to use this over a clicker. Add as many counters as you need and name them — rows and repeats on a sleeve, or two colours in a stranded pattern — and switch between them with one tap. A physical tally counter can only ever hold one number, which is why people lose their place on shaped pieces.
- What does "repeat every" do?
- Set it to the length of your pattern repeat and the counter tells you how many rows are left before the next one lands, then flags the row when you get there and buzzes if your device supports it. Useful for anything with a regular increase, decrease, or cable crossing.
- Can I use the keyboard?
- Space, the up arrow, and the plus key all add one. The down arrow and the minus key take one away. Handy on a laptop, and it means you never have to aim.
- Does it stop my phone screen from turning off?
- It can — tick "Keep the screen awake" and the counter holds a screen wake lock for as long as the page is open, on browsers that support it. A phone that sleeps every thirty seconds mid-row is the most annoying thing about counting on a phone.
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