pick a project, we’ve done the sums
Choose what you’re making, pick a palette you love, and go straight to the shades at LoveCrafts. Every quantity comes from published patterns.
What are you making?
Rosina Plane’s 27-ball Stylecraft Special DK pack, in three colourways.
£53.73 for all 27 balls at LoveCrafts · about £1.99 a ball
spooky season
Witch hats, bat masks, devil horns, a crochet skull: 14 free patterns with the yarn sorted.
tap a palette, watch it change
Pram size, about 75cm square
3–5 ballsStylecraft Special DK
From 12 published patterns, see the guide
£7.05–£11.75 at LoveCrafts
Your Sorbet shades at LoveCrafts
3 to 5 balls in total, shared across your shades. Let the calculator split them →
About 120 × 175cm, in DK
13–19 ballsStylecraft Special DK
From nine published blankets, see the guide
£30.55–£44.65 at LoveCrafts
Your Harvest shades at LoveCrafts
13 to 19 balls in total, shared across your shades. Work out exact balls →
Any size, any colours
Balls per colour in the designerStylecraft Special DK
Square counts from baby to king size, see the guide
£2.35 a ball at LoveCrafts
Your Classic shades at LoveCrafts
Lay out your squares and the designer gives you balls per colour. Design my blanket →
Medium or large, in DK
1 ballStylecraft Special DK
One ball covered every adult DK beanie we checked, see the guide
£2.35 at LoveCrafts
Your Mustard shades at LoveCrafts
One ball of the main colour. A pompom can come from leftovers. Check your pattern →
Witch hats, coasters, a pumpkin and a bowl
4 ballsSpecial DK, Aran or Chunky
All four weekends from four balls, see the guide
£9.40 at LoveCrafts
Your Pumpkin patch shades at LoveCrafts
Four balls for all four weekends, from our guide. Shade links are Special DK. Paste a Halloween pattern →
12 to 26cm tall
1–3 ballsPaintbox Cotton DK, 50g
45 to 120g of DK cotton, see the guide
£1.79–£5.37 at LoveCrafts
Your Honey bear shades at LoveCrafts
1 to 3 balls depending on size; small details from leftovers. Colours on screen are approximate. Paste your toy pattern →
making something else?
We read the yarns and colours, you pick the shades.
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