It started with a notebook
For years, we kept our knitting notes in ordinary notebooks — scattered scribbles of row counts, yarn details and half-finished ideas. Nothing quite worked the way we wanted. So we made something ourselves.
The Knitting Journal began as a personal project: a thoughtfully designed physical journal that gives every knitting project the space it deserves. A place to note down your yarn, your gauge, your progress — and the story behind the project.
The second edition arrived in 2026, and with it came something new: a free digital companion. Because some things are better counted digitally. The row counter, the pattern tracker, the Wool World map — these grew naturally out of what we missed while using the paper version.
We never set out to build a platform. We just wanted something that worked the way we think. Apparently, other knitters felt the same way.
The physical journal — available on Amazon in Dutch and English.
Order on Amazon →I built this website because I kept thinking: why doesn't this exist yet? I'm drawn to the intersection of craft and technology — and I believe that good tools should feel invisible. The row counter works the way a pencil works: you just use it.
I am the reason this journal exists in its current form. I've been knitting for as long as I can remember, and I know what a knitter needs in a project journal — because I've tried every alternative. The Knitting Journal is what I would have wanted from the start.
Ietje & Dianne — both wearing self-knitted scarves, of course
"We built this ourselves because we missed it. Not as a business idea — as a solution to our own problem."
— Ietje & Dianne