From a photo to the last row
Turn a photo into a chart you can actually stitch — clean colours, true stitch shape, every row in words — then follow it on your phone, a block at a time, for as many evenings as it takes.
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Chart Maker
Any photo as a chart you can stitch.
Turn a photo into a C2C, single crochet or knitting colourwork chart with few, clean colours and true stitch proportions — with every row written out in words, yarn per colour and a printable PDF. Made on your device.
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Row Counter
Never lose your row again.
A big tap-to-count row counter with a repeat counter, and a tracker that reads your chart to you row by row and remembers where you stopped. Kept on your device, no account.
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How the craft tools work
From a photo to a chart you can follow
A photo has thousands of colours; a blanket can use a handful. The Chart Maker reduces your picture to the few colours you choose, usually 5 to 10, and lays it out as a corner-to-corner (C2C), single crochet or knitting colourwork chart. It draws the grid with true stitch proportions, because crochet and knit stitches are not square, and a chart drawn on square cells comes out stretched once it is worked.
Rows written out, yarn worked out
Alongside the chart you get every row written out in words, which is easier to follow on a phone than counting squares, and the yarn needed for each colour. The PDF prints the chart and the written rows together. Turning clean-up on removes lone stitches of a colour, which would otherwise mean extra ends to weave in for no visible detail.
Keeping your place
The Row Counter is a large tap-to-count counter with a second counter for pattern repeats. Its tracker reads your chart to you row by row and remembers where you stopped, on your device and without an account. The guides below explain how to read a C2C graph, how to keep track of rows, and why knitting charts come out stretched.
Before you open one
Which kinds of chart can I make from a photo?
Corner-to-corner (C2C), single crochet and knitting colourwork charts, drawn with true stitch proportions so the finished piece is not stretched.
Do I get written rows as well as the chart?
Yes. Every row is written out in words alongside the chart, with the yarn needed for each colour, and the PDF prints both.
Does the row counter remember where I stopped?
Yes. It keeps your count and your place in the chart on your device, with no account.
Are the craft tools free?
Yes. Both tools are free, need no sign-up, and the photo you chart is never uploaded.
Guides for these tools
Hands-free row counting: use a foot pedal, page turner or keyboard
Count rows without putting your yarn down. How a Bluetooth page turner, foot pedal or keyboard works with an online row counter, and keeping the screen awake.
5 min readHow to read a C2C crochet graph, and how big and how much yarn
C2C is worked in diagonal rows from one corner. How to read a graph row by row, how many squares make a throw or a twin blanket, and how much yarn to buy.
7 min readHow to keep track of rows in crochet and knitting
Six ways to count rows, from pen marks to a row counter that remembers your place, how to track pattern repeats, and how to find your row when you lose count.
5 min readHow to turn a photo into a crochet pattern that keeps its shape
Choosing the photo, stitch, size and colours for a graphghan, why faces come out stretched on square-grid charts, and how much yarn to buy.
6 min readWhy knitting charts come out stretched, and how gauge fixes it
A knit stitch is wider than it is tall, so a square-grid chart grows about 40% taller when knitted. How to chart colourwork to your gauge so it keeps its shape.
6 min read
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