Difficulty Guide for knitting patterns

Here you can find our difficulty guide – we always try to make our patterns as understandable as possible and tend to rate our patterns higher than they might be to ensure that no one is disappointed if they find that a pattern of ours is more difficult than they thought.

You can also always find videos on platforms like YouTube that explain the techniques used.

1 of 5 BEGINNER

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The patterns in this category have been written for absolute beginner knitters. You only need to know the most basic techniques to be able to knit the pattern. The patterns are written using very beginner friendly language with no or very few abbreviations..

2 of 5 CONFIDENT BEGINNER

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The patterns in this category are slightly more difficult than the absolute beginner patterns, but they are still easy to make. The patterns are for knitters that have completed their first project and feel confident in reading a pattern. In this category you will find abbreviations – the abbreviations for this pattern will have explanations. 

3 of 5 INTERMEDIATE

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The patterns in this category require that you have experience with and feel confident in using all of the basic knitting techniques, as the patterns also contain more advanced techniques. We try to explain the used techniques and make it as easy as possible – and you can always look up videos for help with any technique used.

4 of 5 EXPERIENCED INTERMEDIATE

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The patterns in this category require that you are an experienced knitter and can keep an overview of a pattern. You may need to keep track of multiple elements at the same time – for example you may need to work a charted pattern while working shaping at the same time. We also put patterns in this category that may have an unusual shaping and need to be read carefully.

5 of 5 EXPERT

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The patterns in this category require you to be an experienced knitter who knows how to keep an overview of a pattern, knows how to place a chart and work shaping based on the instructions given in the pattern.