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Warp Colour Repeat Calculator

Give the total number of warp ends and how many ends of each colour make one repeat. The page counts the full repeats, shares the remainder in the order of your pattern and draws a strip you can copy.

Ends per colour

80 Red · 40 Blue

40 full repeats of 3 ends

  • Colour 1

  • Colour 2

The strip uses a fixed palette to tell the colours apart; the names are only your labels. The remainder is shared in the order of the pattern, never at random.

How it works

  1. Enter the total number of warp ends.
  2. List your colours and the number of ends of each in one repeat (2 to 12 colours).
  3. Read the ends per colour, the number of full repeats and the remainder.
  4. Check the strip preview and copy the counts to wind your warp.

What people use it for

  • A striped scarf

    120 ends in a repeat of 2 red and 1 blue gives 80 red and 40 blue.

  • A warp that does not divide evenly

    See exactly how the last partial repeat falls so that you can centre it or move it.

  • Ordering yarn per colour

    Combine the ends per colour with the length per end to buy each colour.

Questions

How is the remainder shared?
Full repeats come first. The ends left over are given to the colours in the order of your pattern, filling each colour's part of the repeat before moving to the next, so the result is the same every time and never random.
Can I centre the pattern?
The page counts ends from the left in your order. To centre a pattern, reorder the colours or split the remainder yourself: the counts per colour are what you need to wind.
Does the strip show real colours?
It uses a fixed palette to tell the colours apart. Colour names are your own labels; the page does not know your yarn.
Is there a limit?
Up to 100,000 ends, 12 colours and 10,000 ends in one repeat. The strip draws only the first 120 ends.