Step 1
Start with a photo or idea
Upload a photo, type a rough concept, and choose practical limits before the first draft is made.
- Photo or typed idea
- Craft, size, and color count stay visible
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Turn your photo into a cross stitch pattern
Start in the pattern maker if you already know what you want to stitch. Upload a photo or describe the piece you want to make, and StitchLark builds the first draft, maps the DMC colors, and leaves you with the cleanup that actually needs a human eye.
Free to try — no account needed for your first draftUpload a photo now →See the photo-to-pattern guide →Browse sample patterns →Or open the manual editor →
Your photo
Your pattern
Product demo
See the whole pattern workflow
From first draft to printable chart, StitchLark keeps the technical work visible enough to trust and simple enough to edit.
Step 2
Review a stitchable preview
Check the generated grid, dimensions, and palette before you decide whether the draft is worth editing.
- 48 x 64 stitch preview
- Limited palette with DMC-ready colors
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Step 3
Clean up colors and details
Use the editor to merge noisy stitches, swap thread colors, and fix the parts that need a crafter's eye.
- Grid editing tools
- DMC palette details stay close to the canvas
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Step 4
Export the pattern packet
Download a chart packet with color pages, black-and-white symbols, and a floss legend for stitching away from the screen.
- Symbol chart pages
- Floss legend with DMC codes
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The hero starts the job. This walkthrough shows what happens after the first draft: review, cleanup, and export.
Start your first pattern ->Everything you need to design patterns
Go from idea to printable chart without bouncing between a converter, a spreadsheet, and an old editor.
Photo to pattern
Upload a photo and get a usable first draft. StitchLark reduces the colors, assigns symbols, and gives you a chart you can clean up instead of starting from zero.
Describe it in words
No photo? Type the idea. Good for gift concepts, quick experiments, or starting a chart before you know every detail.
Full grid editor
Fix the parts the first draft missed. Draw, erase, fill, and swap colors without fighting an old desktop app.
DMC thread codes
Every color maps to a real DMC number, so you can buy thread without squinting at a screen and hoping you guessed right.
PDF and PNG export
Download a stitch-first PDF packet with color and black-and-white symbol charts, a floss legend, and large-print pages when you need them.
Pattern library
Save the chart, come back later, and keep iterating instead of exporting a file and losing track of it.
A modern take on pattern design
A lot of older pattern tools still work, but they make you do the slow parts by hand. StitchLark cuts out the setup work so you can spend your time fixing the parts that actually matter.
Want the detailed head-to-head view? See how StitchLark compares →
| Feature | StitchLark | Other tools |
|---|---|---|
| Photo to pattern | ✓ | — |
| Text to pattern | ✓ | — |
| Grid editor | ✓ | ✓ |
| DMC thread codes | ✓ | ✓ |
| PDF export | ✓ | ✓ |
| Modern UI | ✓ | — |
| Free tier | ✓ | ✓ |
Free to try. Upgrade when you're ready.
Start with the free tier. Pay only if it earns a place in your workflow.
Free
$0
- ✓ 5 pattern generations (lifetime)
- ✓ Unlimited saved patterns
- ✓ Up to 150×150 grid
- ✓ PNG export
- ✓ Symbol PDF packet export
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Pro
$4 / month
billed annually at $48/yr, or $6/mo monthly
- ✓ Unlimited patterns
- ✓ 20 pattern generations per month
- ✓ Any grid size
- ✓ Full DMC color library
- ✓ Better results on detailed charts
- ✓ Priority support
Start in the photo-to-pattern flow
If you already know what you want to make, go straight to the generator. If you are still deciding, browse sample charts first and come back when you are ready.