I also have the option of flood-filling the background to indicate an area to be overstitched if a voided effect is desired, without obscuring the “counting dots” of the ground (the grey area on the left). The lines that make up the pattern are broken into direct representations of the individual stitches to be taken. If working with evenweave, the dots represent the spots where a needle would plunge (every 2×2 threads, 3×3 threads, whatever the stitcher chooses to work). If one is working with Aida or Monks Cloth, each hole corresponds to a hole on the fabric.
In my method, instead of showing the background grid, I show dots – the “holes” of the ground cloth. Work over 2×2 threads of evenweave is the most common.īy contrast, here’s the same snippet, more or less, in my own drafting method: That unit is most properly worked as a single stitch, and depending on the chosen ground cloth can cover one prominent square of Aida or Monk’s cloth, or a count of anywhere from one to four threads of an evenweave (or near evenweave) simple tabby ground. In the chart above, each little gridded square represents one “unit” for the stitcher. Here’s a snippet from a chart she recently released. With even more tweaking those outlines can be made thicker so they read better against the background grid. But with a a bit of work its outlining feature can be used to depict linear stitching (back stitch or double running). It produces a standard grid, and is largely intended for cross stitch. Kathryn uses Pattern Maker by Hobbyware to chart. Because this design is so difficult to work out, I am using her stellar rendition as a “poster child” for a complex design drafted out using standard tools.
I attempt to explainįirst off, I thank long-time Needlework Pal Kathryn for letting me use a snippet of her recently released redaction of a Lipperheide design. However, the oddest feedback was from a couple of people who couldn’t put their finger on what I was doing different, or why. I’ve gotten some recent feedback about the way I chart my designs – both positive and negative.
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