Garment Piece Tracker
Keep separate counts for fronts, backs, sleeves, and finishing sections.
Live Garment Piece Tracker
Instant browser calculations & session state saved locally.
Key Capabilities
- ✓Dedicated sub-panels for all 5 standard garment pieces
- ✓Armhole and neckline shaping depth notes per piece
- ✓Measurement checkpoint logs (inches / cm before armhole bind-off)
- ✓Blocking dimensions record
Expert Crafting Advice
- 💡Compare Back panel row count against Front panel row count before sewing shoulder seams.
- 💡Work sleeves two-at-a-time on alternating counters to ensure identical length and wrist tapering.
How the Garment Piece Tracker Works
The Garment Piece Tracker works in 4 steps.
- 1
List the pieces
Write each piece and its row target in the notes box, for example "Back 96 / Left Front 96 / Right Front 96 / Sleeves 2 × 80 / Band 8".
- 2
Activate a piece
Set Target Goal to the active piece's rows and reset the counter.
- 3
Count rows
Tap + Count after each row and note shaping rows as you work them.
- 4
Mark complete
Write "done" next to the piece and its final row count before switching.
Garment Piece Tracker Formula
The Garment Piece Tracker formula totals rows across all pieces and finds the share already done.
Garment rows = Σ (Piece rows × Number of copies)
Garment progress (%) = Rows done ÷ Garment rows × 100
- Piece rows
- Rows in one copy of a piece
- Number of copies
- 1 for the back, 2 for sleeves or mirrored fronts
Worked example: Back 96, fronts 2 × 96, sleeves 2 × 80 and band 8 give 96 + 192 + 160 + 8 = 456 garment rows. With 220 rows done, progress = 220 ÷ 456 × 100 = 48.2%.
Garment Piece Tracker Conversion Table
The Garment Piece Tracker conversion table lists the pieces in a seamed cardigan with copies, sample rows and share of total work.
| Piece | Copies | Rows per copy | Total rows | Share of garment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back | 1 | 96 | 96 | 21.1% |
| Front (left and right) | 2 | 96 | 192 | 42.1% |
| Sleeve | 2 | 80 | 160 | 35.1% |
| Button band | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1.8% |
Row counts are sample values for a size M cardigan in double crochet. Use your pattern's numbers.
What is a Garment Piece Tracker?
A garment piece tracker is a tracker that keeps separate counts for each garment piece, such as the back, fronts, sleeves and finishing bands. The Crochet Stitch Counter Garment Piece Tracker shows the status of every piece of a sweater or cardigan.
Seamed garments come in pieces. A cardigan has 1 back, 2 fronts, 2 sleeves and a button band, which is 6 pieces with their own row counts. Fronts mirror each other, and sleeves match each other.
The tracker records each piece's rows, shaping rows and finish state.
What are the Uses of a Garment Piece Tracker?
There are 4 main uses of a Garment Piece Tracker.
Making seamed sweaters
Each panel finishes to its own row count.
Working cardigans
Mirrored fronts get tracked side by side.
Planning seaming
Finished pieces show when assembly can start.
Estimating remaining work
Piece shares show how much of the garment is left.