Knitglass pattern standard

The standard a Knitglass pattern is written in

KGRSS is the KnitGlass Reader Stitch Standard. It is how a pattern says what each row works, where its shaping falls and what it leaves on the needles — the same way in every pattern, so the reader can follow any of them.

KGRSS 1.7.5

Every row says what it does

A row written in KGRSS records the stitches it works, in order, and the count it leaves. That is what lets the reader show one row at a time, draw its chart, and keep a knitter’s place in it.

What a pattern in this format holds

  1. 1

    The pieces of the garment, each with its own rows, and the sizes the pattern is written for.

  2. 2

    Every row as the stitches it works, so the same row can be shown as words or as a chart.

  3. 3

    Repeats, shaping and markers with the places they happen, not only how many there are.

  4. 4

    The stitch count after every row, checked against the stitches that row works, so a row that does not add up is caught rather than saved.

Knitglass does not silently guess

If an instruction cannot be represented confidently, it remains visible for review rather than being replaced with a similar but incorrect action. Confirmed additions then improve every pattern prepared after that.

A versioned, growing standard

KGRSS gains new revisions as more pattern and construction types are incorporated. A saved pattern revision keeps the KGRSS version it was created with until an explicit migration is made.

Designer and partner tools

The Designer Studio writes patterns in this format today. A partner API for exchanging them directly is planned and has no published release date yet.