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Knit & Stitch Chart

Turn an image into a knitting or cross-stitch chart: stitches shaped by your gauge, 2 to 12 yarn colours, a numbered grid and a symbol key.

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Gauge

Stitches and rows from a washed swatch. Rows are worked out so the knitted piece keeps the image's shape.

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Why a knitting chart needs your gauge

A chart is a grid where every square is one stitch. In cross-stitch the squares really are square, so an image charts as it is. A knitted stitch is wider than it is tall, typically 20 stitches but 28 rows to 10 cm, so a square chart knits up short and wide. This page works out the rows from your gauge, so a circle in the image is still a circle in the sweater.

Fewer colours are easier to work: pull the palette from a reference with the Color Extractor first, and check yarn counts and lengths with the Unit Converter.

Common use cases

What people chart with it

A colourwork motif for a sweater

Chart a logo or motif at the stitch count of the front panel, with the rows matched to your gauge, and knit it as intarsia or stranded colourwork.

A cross-stitch pattern from a drawing

Pick the Aida count, see the finished size, and print the chart across A4 pages with a symbol key to stitch from.

A jacquard or knitwear sample

Reduce a print to the number of yarns the machine can carry and hand the chart to a knitwear technician as a starting point.

A blanket or cushion

Large, simple shapes in two to four colours chart cleanly at blanket size; merge any near-identical colours into one yarn.

Needlepoint and tapestry

Use cross-stitch mode with the canvas mesh count as the fabric count; the grid and key work the same way.

Teaching charts

Bold lines every 10 and numbered edges make a chart easy to follow for a class or a pattern you are writing up.

Quick tool vs the Studio

Knit & Stitch Chart here vs in Texloom Studio

Knit & Stitch Chart does one job here, with no signup. Texloom Studio is the full workspace: every Texloom design tool on one canvas, with your history.

Knit & Stitch Chart

No signup

Right here, nothing to install.

  • Knitting charts shaped by your gauge
  • Cross-stitch charts for 11 to 18-count fabric
  • 2 to 12 colours, with merging
  • PNG chart or printable PDF

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Studio

With an account, no card.

  • The full workspace:
  • Every Texloom design tool on one canvas
  • Recolour or clean up the image before you chart it
  • No daily allowance once you're signed in
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How it works

Four steps, no signup

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Upload an image

A motif, logo, illustration or photo as PNG, JPG or WEBP. Simple shapes with clear colours make the cleanest charts.

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Set the size and the stitch

Choose knitting or cross-stitch and how many stitches wide the chart is. For knitting enter your gauge (stitches and rows per 10 cm or per 4 in), so the knitted piece keeps the image's shape; for cross-stitch pick the fabric count.

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Pick the yarn colours

Choose 2 to 12 colours. The chart picks the colours that best represent the image; merge any two that should be the same yarn.

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Download the chart

A PNG with a bold line every 10 stitches, numbered edges and a key of symbols and stitch counts, or a printable PDF on A4 or Letter, split across pages when the chart is large.

FAQ

Frequently asked

Q.Why does the chart have more rows than stitches for a square image?
A knitted stitch is wider than it is tall: a typical gauge is 20 stitches and 28 rows per 10 cm. A chart with square cells would come out squashed once knitted, so the rows are worked out from your gauge and the knitted piece keeps the image's proportions. The preview draws each cell in the stitch's real shape.
Q.What gauge should I enter?
The number of stitches and rows you get over 10 cm (or 4 inches) in your yarn and needle size, measured on a washed swatch. The ball band gives a starting point, but your own swatch is what the finished size depends on.
Q.How are charts numbered?
Knitting charts are read from the bottom right, so stitches are numbered from the right and rows from the bottom. Cross-stitch charts are numbered from the top left. Either way a bold line marks every 10 stitches and rows, with a number every 10.
Q.What fabric count should I use for cross-stitch?
Aida is sold by the number of stitches per inch: 11, 14, 16 or 18. A higher count gives a smaller, finer piece. The page shows the finished size for the count you pick, so 140 stitches on 14-count fabric is 25.4 cm wide.
Q.Does it use yarn or thread brand colour numbers?
No. Each colour is shown with its hex value and a symbol, so you can match it to any brand's yarn or floss yourself. Texloom does not hold brand colour libraries.
Q.How many colours can a chart have?
From 2 to 12. Fewer colours are easier to knit or stitch, especially for colourwork where every colour change is a strand to manage. Merge colours you'd rather work as one.
Q.How big can a chart be?
Up to 300 stitches wide and 400 rows tall, which covers most garment fronts, blankets and cross-stitch pieces.
Q.Do I need an account?
No. Without an account, downloads count toward a daily allowance; a free account removes it.

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