Purl & Paper
A home for your knitting
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Your knitting, beautifully organised. Annotate patterns, track rows and yarn, sketch your next idea, and enjoy a cosy Halloween look with Purl & Paper.
Purl & Paper is a calm, beautifully designed knitting workspace for keeping your patterns, projects, yarn and ideas together on iPhone and iPad.
Import a pattern, open your project, annotate the PDF with Apple Pencil on iPad, move your row guide and keep independent row and repeat counters close at hand. From the first gauge swatch to the final photograph, keep the details that help you return to your knitting with confidence.
NEW IN VERSION 1.2
Optional iCloud sync keeps your knitting library in sync across iPhone and iPad. No separate Purl & Paper account is required, and you can continue using the app locally with sync turned off.
Meet Inspiration—a creative playspace for your next knitting idea. Sketch, write, add photos, decorate with 20 knitting stickers or explore colour combinations on garment templates. Choose Running Stitch or Soft Yarn writing styles, customise your background and save ideas to revisit whenever inspiration strikes.
USE PURL & PAPER TO:
• Save and organise knitting patterns
• Track ongoing, finished and frogged projects
• Annotate PDF patterns with Apple Pencil on iPad
• Use independent row and repeat counters, with names for project sections
• Move and resize a row guide while knitting
• Access project progress and yarn usage from the project’s top menu
• Record yarn details, dye lots, care notes and storage locations
• Compare yarn details when choosing substitutions
• Save gauge swatches with photos, yarn details and measurements
• Change project cover photos and document finished pieces
• Collect sketches, photos, notes and colour ideas in Inspiration
• Consult a built-in knitting glossary while working
• Choose Classic or Halloween appearance, including a pumpkin app icon
• Export backups to keep your own copy of your knitting records
Made for the rhythms of knitting: pausing, restarting, making adjustments and picking up where you left off.
Your knitting table, wherever you knit.
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• iCloud sync: Keep your knitting library in sync across iPhone and iPad.
• Meet Inspiration: A creative playspace for sketches, notes, photos and knitting ideas.
• Make it yours: Try Running Stitch and Soft Yarn writing styles, colour garment templates and customise your playspace background.
• 20 knitting stickers: Add cosy illustrations and playful reactions to your ideas.
• Better project controls: Name section counters, change cover photos, and access progress and yarn usage from the top menu.
• A Halloween refresh: Enjoy our new pumpkin app icon, alongside performance improvements and bug fixes.
The developer, Jinchun Du, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Jinchun Du
- Size
- 52.1 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Simplified Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Jinchun Du