# fossasia/knittingpattern

A Python Library for Knitting Patterns

Repository: https://github.com/fossasia/knittingpattern
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/knittingpattern
Homepage: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/knittingpattern
Language: Python
License: LGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-01-28T11:06:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3750, "days_push": 2043, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1579, forks 32 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:06.749619+00:00)

## What it is
A Python library for reading, writing, and converting knitting patterns so they can be used with knitting machines and hand-made knits. It provides a common pattern format for tailors, artisans, and home knitters.

## Use cases
- convert knitting patterns between formats for knitting machines
- read and write knitting pattern files in Python
- create a common pattern format usable by machines and hand knitters
- programmatically manipulate knitting pattern instructions
- prepare patterns for AYAB-compatible knitting machines

## When to choose
- you need to programmatically process or convert knitting pattern files
- you are building tools for knitting machines like AYAB
- you want a shared pattern format between machine and hand knitting

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI application for designing knitting patterns
- you need actively maintained software with recent releases
- your project has nothing to do with textiles or knitting

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: parser, serialization, file-system
- domain: files, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: knitting, knitting-machines, ayab, pattern-format, textiles, fashion, automation

## Member repositories
- fossasia/knittingpattern (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:06.749619+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:56:41.669614+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fossasia/knittingpattern (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:06.749619+00:00, sha e731c4eb3dfe)
  - homepage: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/knittingpattern (fetched 2026-08-29T11:27:08.504003+00:00, sha 49cc0765c507)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/knittingpattern/json (fetched 2026-08-29T11:27:08.513063+00:00, sha 0520fd3d46b3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.