The HomeDosh maker

How a guide comes together

I really think carefully about what would help people, and I mention this directly—I don’t beat around the bush. My mom and my grandma always knitted at home, which has always fascinated me, so I have a somewhat deeper connection to it and truly know what can actually help with many of these questions. The facts come from primary sources wherever they exist: maker manuals and spec sheets, yarn and floss labels, published size charts. Owner reports fill in what a spec sheet can’t tell you. Worked examples are written out so you can redo them with a pencil.

I use AI to help me write articles, and it has also helped me create the calculators—though that doesn’t mean I rely on it completely. I always check all the calculations myself, review the articles, and verify or improve them. I verify the sources and often find many of them myself. I don’t want to hide that either; this way, everything goes much faster without compromising the quality of my work.

The site currently has no paid links, no ads and no affiliate links, so I’m doing this just as a hobby for now. The full method is on How we research.

Why HomeDosh exists

Craft projects tend to stall on small sums: yardage, cut sizes, skeins, stitches to cast on. Get one wrong and it means a second trip to the fabric store, or a quilt that comes out too short for the bed. HomeDosh is here to settle those numbers before you cut, and to help you choose tools that suit the project.