25I want to use assisted search

Describe what you want in plain language and find matching patterns

Before you start
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Open Assisted Search
Stash2Go Discover tab showing the Assisted Search entry point

Tap DiscoverAssisted Search. Instead of filling in filter forms, you describe what you want in your own words.

Tip: Assisted features stay off until you switch them on, in SettingsAssisted Features.
Prefer the usual search? See Search for Patterns.
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Say what you want

Type it the way you would say it. "A cozy oversized cardigan in bulky wool for a beginner." "A lace shawl with beading for a wedding gift." The search knows craft words, and it works out what you are after.

Tip: Name the things that matter to you. "Fingering-weight top-down raglan with short rows" gives tighter results than "sweater".
3
Look at what comes back

Your words are turned into a proper search, and the patterns that match come back, closest to what you asked for first. Curious what the app has worked out about your taste? Open your Preference Footprint from the Assisted Search screen. It shows the profile behind the results, and you can build it again or delete it. It comes from the public side of your Ravelry profile: your projects, favourites, queue, public bundles, library and stash. Private and friends-only bundles are left out, and so are the notes only you can see.

4
Scan a yarn label

Point your camera at a yarn label and Stash2Go works out what it is. It reads the brand, the weight and the fibre from the photo, which is the quick way to record yarn you have just bought.

Put scanned yarn into your stash: Manage Your Stash.
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Work out how much yarn you need

Not sure how much yarn a project will take? Pick your pattern and your yarn. The estimator works it out from the pattern size, the gauge and the yarn weight.

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Turn it on first, and know what it sends

Assisted Search is not on Discover until you switch it on in Settings → Assisted Features. If the card is missing, that is why. It sends your search words, plus a one-off preference profile built from the public side of your Ravelry profile. You can delete that profile. Your ordinary search is left alone.

One switch on that screen, Turn AI off completely, takes this and every other assisted feature away at once. The full policy is section 12 of the privacy policy.

Every assisted feature, and what each one sends: Assisted Features.

Available on iPhone, iPad, Android, and web at app.stash2go.com

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