Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Converting photos, making name patterns, editing, exporting PDFs and tracking progress are all free, with no account, watermark or paid tier.

No. Projects are saved in your browser on your device. That also means they are not synced between devices; use a project backup file to move one.

No. Images are decoded and converted in your browser. Only the stitch grid is saved, and only on your device. See the privacy policy.

JPG, PNG and WebP up to 25 MB. SVG, HEIC, GIF and other formats are not accepted; convert them to JPG or PNG first.

Up to 300 × 300 stitches. For most photos, 100–150 stitches wide is plenty; 150 × 150 is comfortable to edit on most phones.

Yes. The tools adapt to small screens, the chart supports pinch zoom, and the tracker has a focus mode for stitching with a tablet beside you.

DMC, yes; other brands, not yet. Every colour shows its nearest DMC six-strand floss (from a CC BY 4.0 table of all 489 colours), the PDF key prints the codes, and you can snap a whole chart to DMC colours in the Studio’s Threads tab or with “Use DMC thread colours” in the photo tool. Matches are approximate, because screens never look exactly like dyed thread. Why colours differ.

The Studio’s Threads tab and the PDF key estimate skeins per colour from the real stitch count, your fabric count and the number of strands, assuming 8 m skeins and 25% extra for tails. It is an estimate; buy an extra skein of big background colours so the dye lot matches. You can download the list as a CSV file.

Yes. All three alphabets include accented Latin letters (é è ê ë á à â ä ã å ñ ç ø æ œ ß ł ő ű ş ğ and more) plus ¡ and ¿. Accents on capitals add a few rows above the line only when they are used. Non-Latin scripts are not supported yet.

Yes. Choose “Black & white symbols” when exporting. Every colour has a different symbol shape, so nothing depends on colour.

Those are overlap squares repeated from the neighbouring page to help you line pages up. Don’t stitch them twice; the key counts each stitch once.

Divide the stitches by your fabric count. 140 stitches on 14-count is 10 inches (25.4 cm). The Studio and every PDF calculate it for you. Full explanation.

It lists stitches per colour. It doesn’t promise skein counts, because thread use depends on fabric, strands, tension and waste.

In your browser’s storage (IndexedDB) on this device. Clearing site data deletes them, so download backup files of projects you care about.

Yes. Download the project file (JSON) and import it on My projects on the other device. Progress is included.

If an edit changes which squares are stitched, you choose between editing a copy or restarting progress. Old progress is never placed on a changed chart.

Yes. Library patterns are CC BY 4.0: stitch, gift and sell finished pieces. Credit this site if you share or adapt the chart itself.

You do. We never receive it. If the photo belongs to someone else, their rights still apply.

Yes. The three alphabets and the ornaments are public domain (CC0 1.0).

Not in this release. The tools are designed for counted cross stitch; other crafts may be added later.