# Knitting: Making and assembly

Find a practical task, follow a worked example, or combine tools and guides into a complete project plan.

- [Embroidery](https://threadcabin.com/explore/embroidery.md)
- [Knitting](https://threadcabin.com/explore/knitting.md)
- [Crochet](https://threadcabin.com/explore/crochet.md)
- [Getting started](https://threadcabin.com/explore/knitting/getting-started.md)
- [Materials and equipment](https://threadcabin.com/explore/knitting/materials-equipment.md)
- [Measuring, sizing, and quantities](https://threadcabin.com/explore/knitting/measuring-quantities.md)
- [Design and instructions](https://threadcabin.com/explore/knitting/design-instructions.md)
- [Techniques](https://threadcabin.com/explore/knitting/techniques.md)
- [Making and assembly](https://threadcabin.com/explore/knitting/making-assembly.md)
- [Troubleshooting and repair](https://threadcabin.com/explore/knitting/troubleshooting-repair.md)
- [Finishing, care, and reuse](https://threadcabin.com/explore/knitting/finishing-care.md)

- [Picking up stitches without a wavy band](https://threadcabin.com/explore/56/picking-up-stitches-without-a-wavy-band.md): Use the finished body and band gauges to plan a straight edge, then check the joined fabric.

- [Replace a discontinued yarn when its original quantity is known](https://threadcabin.com/explore/77/replace-a-discontinued-yarn-when-its-original-quantity-is-known.md): Start with three original 200 m balls: 600 m. A replacement labeled 150 m/50 g needs five balls with a chosen 10% reserve. Confirm fabric suitability before committing to the quantity.

- [Plan a project with two yarns held together throughout](https://threadcabin.com/explore/78/plan-a-project-with-two-yarns-held-together-throughout.md): Keep one complete length budget for each yarn. For 400 m of working length plus 10% reserve, both A and B need 440 m, then their package quantities round separately.

- [Project finished dimensions from a before-and-after sample](https://threadcabin.com/explore/79/project-finished-dimensions-from-a-before-and-after-sample.md): A sample changing from 10 × 10 cm to 11 × 9 cm grows 10% in width and shrinks 10% in height. A comparable 50 × 60 cm piece projects to 55 × 54 cm.

- [Plan a multicolor project from separate color samples](https://threadcabin.com/explore/80/plan-a-multicolor-project-from-separate-color-samples.md): A useful color budget records each color’s own consumption. In this example, two A components need 120 m and 80 m, while B needs 60 m. With 10% reserve and 100 m balls, the result is three A and one B.

- [Plan a rib scarf from a finished sample](https://threadcabin.com/explore/81/plan-a-rib-scarf-from-a-finished-sample.md): For a relaxed rib sample measuring 20 stitches and 30 rows per 10 cm, a 20 × 150 cm scarf starts from 40 stitches and 450 rows. Confirm edge treatment and stretch before choosing the final counts.

- [Plan and sample a straight picked-up band](https://threadcabin.com/explore/82/plan-and-sample-a-straight-picked-up-band.md): Along 120 body rows, a body gauge of 30 rows per 10 cm and a band gauge of 20 stitches per 10 cm suggest 80 picked-up stitches: approximately two stitches for every three rows.