Upload a photo, describe an idea, or remix a community design, and the cross stitch generator turns it into a pattern in seconds. It also makes knitting charts and patterns for needlepoint, fuse beads, diamond painting, amigurumi and more.
Free to use · No account needed · See a sample PDF
Cross stitch is where we started. Knitters, crocheters and bead makers have tools of their own here too.
Turn a photo into a pattern in real DMC colors, then print it or stitch from your phone.
Colorwork, cable and lace charts drawn to your gauge, plus hats, scarves and sweaters in your size.
Shape a crochet toy in 3D, stitch by stitch, and get the round-by-round pattern.
Fuse bead, diamond painting and needlepoint patterns from any photo or idea.
Drag the handle. Every stitch is a real DMC floss color you can buy.
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No experience needed. If you can click, you can create
Start from scratch or turn any image into a pattern
Auto-match to real DMC floss colors you can buy
Download a printable PDF or use the built-in progress tracker
Simple tools that just work
Try it: drag across the stitches to mark them done
The same studio, with tools made for yarn.
Real feedback from the community
This is becoming the best cross stitch editor out there.
— Community member
I don’t think I’ll go back to FlossCross now to convert my images. I like that it calculates how many days I’ll need to finish as well, very nice.
— Facebook group member
I tried creating a canvas, and it looks like it does exactly what I want 😃 I’m impressed!
— New user
Design for free. Public patterns are free to download and track. Keep yours private with an unlock or Pro.
Every plan includes the full editor: photo to pattern, real DMC & Anchor colors, backstitch, magic fill, confetti cleanup, and more.
Design, share and stitch for free
Keep one pattern private
Private and professional
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Tips, tutorials and tools for stitchers, knitters and crocheters
Four ways to start a pattern in Knytstudio: from a photo, from a community pattern, from a description, or from a blank canvas.
WorkshopTurn any photo into a stitchable chart: crop, choose size and colors, pick your thread brand, and place it on the canvas.
WorkshopMark stitches as you go, follow one color or one row at a time, track backstitch, parked threads and knitting rows, and carry on from your phone.
WorkshopPrint-ready charts in sixteen languages: symbols or color blocks, labeled pages with an overview, a floss key with skeins, backstitch and a tracker QR code.
Open Knytstudio in ChatGPT's built-in browser and ask it to swap threads, add a border, merge colours or find a pattern. You watch every change on the chart.
Järbo from Sweden, Sandnes Garn and Dale Garn from Norway, Novita from Finland and Ístex from Iceland: who they are and which of their yarns to knit with.
How amigurumi shaping works: the magic ring, why rounds grow by six, spacing increases and decreases evenly, and how to size any ball or tube yourself.
Yes. Knytstudio is a free cross stitch maker that runs in your browser: turn a photo into a chart with the cross stitch generator, design on a blank canvas, or describe an idea and let the AI draft it. No download and no account needed to start, and your first pattern includes free PDF export. After that you can unlock patterns individually or go Pro for unlimited exports.
Upload the photo, choose the size and how many colors you want, and Knytstudio matches every stitch to real DMC floss colors. You get an editable chart: clean up stray confetti stitches automatically, tweak colors, then print a PDF with symbols and a floss shopping list.
Knytstudio has hundreds of free community patterns organized by theme: space, animals, flowers, halloween, and more. Every one can be opened in the editor, recolored, resized, and printed.
Yes. It runs in the browser, so it works on Mac, Windows, iPad, iPhone, Android, and Chromebooks with nothing to install. Your patterns sync across devices when you create a free account.
Yes. Knytstudio supports cross stitch, knitting charts with a full stitch symbol library, gauge settings, and flat or circular modes, and pixel art. No other tool in this space covers both cross stitch and knitting chart design in one place.
Patterns you create are yours to share or sell. You can publish them to the community for others to stitch and remix, keep them private, or export them as PDF and OXS files that work with other software like WinStitch and FlossCross.
Most pattern software is solo desktop software. Knytstudio adds a community layer where you can publish, browse, and remix patterns, plus AI pattern generation and automatic confetti cleanup, all in the browser. We wrote an honest comparison of every major tool, including where the desktop apps still win.
From Sweden, with wool
Knytstudio is a two-person project from Sweden: one of us builds this app, the other runs Knytfolket, our yarn shop. There is no big company behind it, just a couple making tools and stocking yarn for the crafts we love. We read every message.
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