- New: sort your library and favorites by name, date added, or designer — tap the sort icon in the toolbar. - New: sort your projects by recently updated, name, or date. - New: when creating a project from the Projects tab, you can now link it to a pattern from your library. The project name and craft type fill in automatically, and Ravelry sync becomes available when you link a Ravelry pattern. - New: you can also link or change a pattern from the Edit Project screen. Thanks @Beke for the suggestions

- New: on iPad, the app now uses a sidebar for navigation instead of the top tab bar. - New: you can now delete projects, stash entries, and accessories from their detail views. For Ravelry-linked items, the deletion is also sent to Ravelry. - Fixed: iCloud sync was silently broken for some users due to photos being stored in a format that exceeded CloudKit's record size limit. Affected patterns and projects now sync correctly after updating. - Improved: project and accessory photos are now compressed before saving, reducing iCloud storage usage and speeding up sync.

- Fixed: colorway changes saved in the stash editor now sync correctly to Ravelry. - Fixed: yarn colorway list now shows all colorways, including those with only a colour code and no name. - Improved: the app now saves your data before going to the background, reducing the risk of a rare crash caused by an interrupted CloudKit sync.

- Improved: the app no longer hangs on the launch screen when Ravelry is unreachable — it now times out after 15 seconds and opens normally with your cached data. - New: a banner now appears when Ravelry is unreachable, so you always know why live data isn't loading. - New: if you try to add a pattern to your library, favorites, or queue while Ravelry is down, you can now save the action to send automatically when it comes back. - Improved: the app checks in the background whether Ravelry has come back online, starting immediately and backing off gradually to every 15 minutes. - Fixed: scrolling jank after linking a web pattern to a Ravelry pattern. - Fixed: filtering the library by "Web" source no longer shows Ravelry books and magazines.

- New: save any pattern website to your library or favorites from the iOS share sheet — tap Share → Yarn Squirrel in Safari or any other browser. - New: the share sheet shows a thumbnail, description, and lets you choose Library or Favorites before you save. Patterns import automatically when you return to the app. - New: tap the + button in Library or Favorites to paste a URL directly, without leaving the app. - New: paste a direct link to a PDF file and the app downloads and stores it locally, just like importing from Files — the pattern is immediately viewable. - New: Ravelry pattern URLs fetch full pattern data (ratings, yarn packs, gauge) automatically when you're signed in. - New: YouTube links are stored as a separate source type for better organisation. - New: filter your library and favorites by source — Web and YouTube are now available filter options alongside Ravelry and Imported. - New: you can now favorite imported PDFs and web-saved patterns, not just Ravelry patterns. - Fixed: photos added to a project no longer appear twice in the gallery after the app syncs with Ravelry. - Fixed: scrolling to the bottom of Ravelry search results now loads all pages correctly instead of getting stuck on a spinner. - Fixed: the category picker now opens correctly when editing an imported pattern.

- New: create projects without a pattern — start a standalone project with a name, craft type, and yarn, no Ravelry pattern required. - New: add yarn to your stash without a Ravelry account — build a local yarn stash directly in the app, no sign-in required. - New: record care instructions for any stash yarn — washing, bleaching, drying, ironing, and dry cleaning symbols, stored locally and shown in the stash detail. - New: app now remembers your guest mode session across restarts — no more login screen every time you reopen the app. - Improved: app launches much faster when iCloud is unavailable — the startup delay (up to 20 seconds) is gone. - Improved: manually added stash yarn now lets you edit the brand, weight, grams per skein, and length per skein directly in the edit form. - Improved: stash detail now shows gauge info — sourced from the Ravelry yarn for synced stash, or from your manual entry for locally added yarn. - Improved: stash detail now shows hook and needle sizes for manually added yarn. - Improved: gauge labels now show "sts / 10 cm" and "rows / 10 cm" when the app is set to meters. - Improved: editing locally added stash yarn no longer requires a premium subscription.

- Fixed: editing yarn quantity in the stash now saves correctly — updating to 2 skeins no longer results in 2.2 skeins on Ravelry. - Improved: the stash quantity edit form now uses a Skeins / Length / Weight picker and shows the correct unit (meters or yards) for the length field.

Fixed: imported PDFs stored in iCloud no longer disappear after iOS clears local device storage. Affected patterns now show a "PDF available (needs download)" button that re-downloads and opens the file automatically.

- Fixed: filter chips are no longer hidden when navigating to Stash, Yarn Search, or Library from a pattern or stash item detail view. - Various bug fixes and improvements.

- Improved: scrolling through patterns, projects, stash, and yarn grids is now smoother — fixed a layout issue that caused items to shift while scrolling. - Various bug fixes and improvements.

- New: the app is now available in German! All tabs, labels, filters, and menus are fully translated. - New: choose your preferred language in Settings → Preferences → App Language. Switch between System Default, English, and Deutsch without changing your device language. Change takes effect after a restart. - New: pattern attribute filters (lace, cables, top-down, seamless, and 260+ more) are now shown - Improved: if your stash images were missing these should now be available (sorry about that) - Improved: Hook and Needle sizes sometimes did not show up correctly. that should now be fixed.

- Fixed: yarn quantity is no longer removed from Ravelry when you save a project edit without changing the quantity. - Fixed: knitting, machine knitting, loom knitting, and cross-stitch patterns now display the correct craft type instead of always showing Crochet. (Thanks for reporting Kaley!) Note: projects already in your library that were affected will update their craft type automatically when the app syncs your patterns. If you'd like to fix a project straight away, open it, tap Edit, and change the Craft Type in the Project Details section. - New: you can now edit the craft type of any project directly in the edit form. - Fixed: hook and needle sizes now load correctly when creating or editing a project.

Fixed: Editing a project no longer causes havoc on the attached yarn (sorry about that!). It now should sync correctly and keep quantities in place. Also the hooks/needles should now sync correctly on projects

- New: Ravelry Bundles are now fully supported in the Favorites tab. Bundles are named collections of your favorited patterns — browse all your bundles, see what's inside each one, and create, rename, or delete them directly from the app (premium). - New: Add any favorited pattern to a bundle from its detail view, or create a new bundle on the spot (premium). - New: Remove patterns from a bundle with a long-press in the bundle detail view (premium). - Improved: pattern and stash images load faster throughout the app.

- Fixed: app no longer crashes on launch due to a SwiftData/iCloud sync conflict; the app now recovers automatically if the database container can't be opened. - Fixed: navigation bar no longer shifts colour when scrolling through image-heavy views — the bar now stays consistently cream on all screens (iOS 26 Liquid Glass fix). - Fixed: pattern cover photo now loads correctly when opening a pattern from search results. - Fixed: "Search Ravelry" title no longer disappears after scrolling in the stash yarn search view. - Fixed: stash search now correctly matches yarn names, and the stash list no longer shows a blank page after dismissing search. - Fixed: banner background in Stash detail is now fully opaque at all scroll positions.

New:  * Bits & Bobs tab — track your crafting supplies (safety eyes, buttons, stuffing, stitch markers, and more) and tools (hooks, needles, scissors). Ravelry users can sync their needle & hook inventory automatically. Log what you use in each project and let the app deduct from your stock. * Patterns from books and magazines now show up individually and as a volume * the Add to Queue flow now lets you pick yarn from your stash or search Ravelry for a yarn and let's you reorder your queue Polish & fixes:  * search in the Patterns and Yarn tabs now opens as an iOS 26-style keyboard bar (tap the magnifying glass icon) — and jumps straight to the keyboard when you switch to the Search tab.  * Fixed a bug where linking a local PDF pattern to a matching Ravelry pattern could cause the entry to vanish from your library entirely. * Headers now have a uniform height

### Added - **Color Palette** — explore and save color combinations inspired by your stash yarn - **Pattern Ideas** — tap any stash yarn to browse patterns that work with it - **Yarn Ideas** — tap any pattern to discover yarns that match its requirements - **Project Yarn Editing** — add and manage yarn from the project edit screen, including linking stash yarn directly to a project - **Pattern Storage** — choose whether imported patterns should be stored in the app or only referenced from the file system ### Fixed - Stash yarn linked to a project on Ravelry now correctly syncs both ways - Project detail sync now always refreshes yarn pack data including stash links - Various minor bug fixes and stability improvements