Pattern Library

Celtic knots

Build an interlaced knot on a grid, with breaks that change how its strands link.

Useful output: SVG for laser or Cricut, tattoo stencil, coloring page, PNG and printable PDF.

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Checkerboards

Set the rows, columns, colors and box shape, from a standard board to 3:1 bricks, honeycombs and triangles.

Useful output: SVG and PNG, a seamless repeat, finished sizes, piece counts and a printable PDF.

Make a checkerboard

Crochet colorwork

Multi-color crochet squares: tapestry charts, corner-to-corner graphs and granny squares in rounds, in your colors.

Useful output: Chart with color key, every row, diagonal or round written out, yarn per color, a printable PDF, and SVG and PNG.

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Crochet stitches

Choose a stitch and set your project size and gauge.

Useful output: Starting chain, US-term instructions, symbol chart, and yarn estimate.

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Cross stitch

Choose a complete square design or draw your own, then set your fabric count and colors.

Useful output: Printable chart, floss and skeins per color, stitching order, and framing or pillow steps.

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Fractals

Repeat one simple rule at the depth you choose, from Koch snowflakes to dragon curves.

Useful output: SVG and PNG, a black-line version, and a printable PDF.

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Game of Life patterns

Still lifes and oscillators from Conway's Game of Life, as repeating designs, with the rule explained on any cell.

Useful output: SVG and PNG of the sheet, tile, phases and rule diagram, and a printable PDF.

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Geometric stars and girih

Build true girih from its five tiles, or star patterns on regular polygons, with your own symmetry, star type, line weight and colors.

Useful output: Seamless SVG and PNG repeats, a bridged stencil, a wall panel, and a printable PDF.

Explore geometric stars and girih

Knit colorwork

Original stranded, mosaic and intarsia charts, each written as a complete square at your gauge.

Useful output: Chart with color key, color-by-color rows, float check, yarn per color and a printable PDF.

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Knitting stitches

Choose a stitch and set your project size and gauge.

Useful output: Starting count, written rows, chart, and yarn estimate.

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Mandalas

Generate original geometric radial designs from rings of simple shapes.

Useful output: Colored SVG or PNG, coloring page and printable PDF.

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Mazes

Generate a maze with exactly one route through it, as a square, rectangle, circle, hexagon, triangle or diamond, from five different algorithms.

Useful output: Printable PDF with a separate solution page, plus SVG and PNG of the maze and its solution.

Make a maze

Needlepoint

Choose a complete square canvas, with your mesh, stitch and yarn.

Useful output: Printable chart, yarn per color, canvas size, work order, blocking and finishing steps.

Make a canvas

Quilt blocks

Choose a traditional block and customize its size, colors, layout, and sashing.

Useful output: Cutting list, yardage, and printable templates.

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Sashiko stitch guides

Lay out geometric sashiko motifs as dashed stitch lines, with gaps at the crossings.

Useful output: True-size printable guide, tiled on letter sheets, plus SVG and PNG.

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Stained glass

Design an original leaded glass panel from six parametric layouts, in pieces that can really be cut by hand.

Useful output: Numbered true-size templates with came allowance, a rough glass estimate per color, and an SVG or PNG preview.

Open the stained glass maker

Tartans and plaids

Arrange colored threads into a balanced, repeating plaid.

Useful output: Seamless swatch, weaving guide and yarn estimate.

Make a plaid

Tessellations

Repeat a motif under any of the 17 wallpaper groups, from plain translations to six-fold turns with mirrors.

Useful output: A seamless repeat as SVG or PNG, a tile layout, and a printable PDF.

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Tie-dye

Preview a spiral, bullseye, accordion, sunburst, chevron or double spiral fold in your colors.

Useful output: Fold diagram, dye map, mixing amounts, printable steps, and an SVG or PNG preview.

Plan a tie-dye

Truchet tiles

Turn one simple tile on a grid to make a seamless pattern of arcs, lines or triangles.

Useful output: Seamless SVG and PNG repeat, and a printable PDF.

Make a pattern

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