Gingham: Stitch Pattern Maker

Pick a photo and Gingham turns it into a pattern you can actually make: a cross stitch chart with real DMC floss numbers, a graphgan for a crochet blanket, a knitting colorwork chart, an alpha bracelet, or a fuse bead design in real Perler bead colors. You see the whole pattern, at full quality, before you pay for anything.

ANY PHOTO BECOMES A PATTERN

Choose a craft, choose what you are making (a 6" hoop, a bookmark, a pillow, a baby blanket, one pegboard) and pick a photo, or start from one of the built-in samples. Crop it to shape and the pattern builds in seconds, right on your phone. The chart zooms from one stitch to the whole design, with a minimap, in colors, symbols or both. This is a cross stitch pattern maker from photos that shows you the result first, not a paywall first.

EVERY GRID CRAFT

One pattern maker for five crafts, instead of five separate apps:

• Cross stitch: a photo to cross stitch converter for 11, 14, 16 or 18 count Aida, with DMC colors and skein estimates

• Crochet graphgans and tapestry crochet: a crochet pattern maker and graphgan creator that turns a picture into a pixel crochet pattern for pillows, baby blankets and throws

• Knitting colorwork: a knitting chart maker whose cells are wider than tall, like real stitches

• Alpha bracelets: an alpha pattern maker for 10 to 22 columns, as long as your image

• Fuse beads: a bead pattern maker for 29 × 29 pegboards and bigger, in Perler, Hama or Artkal bead colors

Switch crafts at any time and the same photo becomes a new pattern. It is a pixel pattern maker that knows what each grid is for.

REAL THREAD AND BEAD COLORS

The color key doubles as a shopping list. Every color is matched to a real DMC floss or a real Perler, Hama or Artkal bead, with its code, name, stitch or bead count and approximate skeins. Tap a color to light it up on the chart. Used as a perler bead pattern maker, it tells you exactly how many beads of each color to buy. Crochet and knitting use your own yarn, so the graphgan creator gives each color of a pixel crochet pattern a letter and a plain name instead.

PRINT-READY PDF

Export a PDF you can print on Letter or A4: a cover, the color key, and chart pages with symbols, a bold line every ten cells, row and column numbers on every page, and a map of where each page sits. Crochet and knitting patterns add row-by-row color runs, so the knitting chart maker reads out every row for you. You can also share it as a PNG. A bead pattern creator that counts for you means no guessing at the craft store.

ADJUST UNTIL IT'S RIGHT

Change the size, the number of colors (up to 60 for cross stitch), Bold or Detailed shading, and Reduce confetti to clear away single stray stitches. The chart re-converts while you watch. As with any pixel pattern maker, fewer colors give a bolder, easier pattern; a bold heart makes a lovely first try in the alpha pattern maker. Save, rename and duplicate patterns in your library.

PRIVATE AND OFFLINE

Every conversion, from a photo to cross stitch or to fuse beads, runs on your phone, so Gingham works as a cross stitch pattern maker offline. Your photos are never uploaded, there is no account, and no photo permission to grant: pictures come in through Android's photo picker. Only the purchase itself, through Google Play, and anonymous usage analytics leave the device.

NO ADS

Never any ads. Seeing your pattern in full is free. Exporting the PDF or PNG, saving, and making more patterns need Gingham Pro, a subscription with a free trial, cancel any time in Google Play.

Whether you came looking for a cross stitch pattern maker from photos, a crochet pattern maker, a bead pattern creator or a perler bead pattern maker for the kids' pegboards, Gingham is one well-made app for every grid craft.

DMC is a registered trademark of DMC; Perler, Hama and Artkal are trademarks of their owners; Gingham is not affiliated with them.