A round counter for knitting in the round
In the round there's no end of a row to remind you to count. Rowpip turns counting rounds into one tap as you pass your marker: the label says “Round”, the number is big enough to read from where you sit, and each round is saved the moment you count it.
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How counting rounds works
Put a stitch marker where the round begins, as most patterns tell you to. Each time it comes back to your needle tips, that's one more round for the counter.
Tell Rowpip it's a round project
In setup, “Rows or rounds?” offers flat or in the round. Pick in the round, and the word over the number changes from “Row” to “Round”. That is all it changes, so switching later from the menu leaves your count as it is.
Tap as you pass the marker
Slip the marker, tap the card, keep knitting. There's no small button to find: the whole card counts, so a knuckle will do, and a little buzz tells you the round went in.
Know when to stop
A pattern that says “knit 120 rounds” asks you to keep count for a long while. Set 120 as your finish target, and the counter shows “of 120” with a progress line. When you get there, Rowpip marks it with a buzz of its own.
Count rounds from your wrist
With Rowpip on an Apple Watch or a Wear OS watch, the round number sits on your wrist. Tap it, or give the crown or bezel a deliberate turn, each time the marker comes round. The phone it is paired with keeps the same number, so you can look at whichever is closer.
Why a counter helps in the round
Your marker can't count
A stitch marker shows where a round begins, but not how many rounds you've knitted. Rowpip keeps that number, one tap for each pass of the marker.
Pick it up where you left it
Hats and socks get knitted in snatches: ten rounds on the bus, five in a waiting room. Rowpip saves every change as you make it and, after its first launch, always opens on the counter, so the round you stopped on is the first thing you see.
One round too many is easy to take back
Tapped twice at the marker? Rowpip ignores a second tap that lands within 300 milliseconds of the first. For any other slip there's −1, and Undo.
Questions about counting rounds
How do I count rounds in Rowpip?
Set your project to in the round, then tap the card once for every round you finish. Most knitters tap as they slip the marker at the beginning of the round. The counter adds one each time, under the label “Round”.
Does it matter whether I use circular needles, double-pointed needles or magic loop?
No. Rowpip counts the rounds you tell it about, and it doesn't need to know how you make them. Its setup describes in the round as “circular needles, like a hat”, but that choice only changes the label from “Row” to “Round”.
Can I follow a pattern repeat that's worked in rounds?
Yes. Tell Rowpip how many rounds one repeat has and how many times you'll work it. The counter then also shows which round of the repeat comes next and which repeat it belongs to, and after the last one it says that all your repeats are done.
Can my watch count the rounds for me?
Rowpip's auto-count tries to. It's an experimental feature that you start on the watch: you knit one round while the watch learns the rhythm of your wrist, and after that it counts your stitches and moves to the next round when it has counted a full one. Tapping as you pass your marker keeps it in step without counting the round twice.
It works better for some ways of knitting than for others, so it stays labelled experimental. Counting by hand always works.
When can I get Rowpip?
Soon. Rowpip is coming to the App Store for iPhone and Apple Watch, and to Google Play for Android phones and Wear OS watches.
More ways to keep count
Rowpip is one counter with more than one use. Each of the others has a page of its own.
Crochet row counter
Count crochet rows and rounds with a tap, hook still in hand.
Hands-free row counter
Count a row without putting your needles down: a pinch, a turn or a key press.
Count increases and decreases
See which row of the repeat comes next, so every increase and decrease lands on the right row.
Want the whole picture? See what Rowpip does
Round after round, never lost
Rowpip is free. There are no ads, and no account to set up.
Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play