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Create crochet, cross-stitch, knitting, embroidery, and diamond painting charts from your own image โ€” with matched colors and printable exports.

How it works

01

Upload

Drop any photo โ€” JPG, PNG, or WebP up to 10MB.

02

Configure

Pick craft type, grid size, colors, and stitch style.

03

Generate

Get your pattern with color legend and symbol chart.

04

Download

Export as HD PNG or professional PDF with thread estimates.

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Craft coverage

The same image can become the right kind of chart

ArtPatt covers the photo-to-chart workflows makers compare most often โ€” C2C, tapestry, graphghan, filet, mosaic, Fair Isle, intarsia, cross-stitch, and more โ€” with technique-specific rules behind each one.

ArtPatt photo-to-pattern workflow coverage
CraftChart styleAlso calledArtPatt workflow and output focus
CrochetSC colorwork / tapestry / pixel crochet / graphghancrochet colorwork, picture crochet, SC graphghan

Uses SC-sized chart geometry, color simplification, confetti control, and yarn estimates for pixel crochet, tapestry bags, graphghan blankets, and picture crochet.

CrochetC2C / corner-to-cornerC2C graph, corner 2 corner, DC tile chart

Uses DC/C2C tile proportions, diagonal row instructions, dithering for gradients, confetti reduction, and per-color yarn estimates for graphghans and blankets.

CrochetFilet crochetfilet chart, blocks and spaces, lace crochet grid

Converts an image into a two-state block-and-space chart and treats the design as one yarn with filet-specific row notation and material math.

CrochetOverlay mosaic crochetmosaic crochet, two-color overlay chart

Reduces the source to two high-contrast colors, removes impossible mid-row color noise, and produces a row-friendly overlay mosaic reference.

KnittingFair Isle / stranded colorworkknitting colorwork, stranded knitting, two-color rows

Creates a gauge-aware knitting chart with row color constraints and stranded-yarn guidance so colorwork stays practical to knit.

KnittingIntarsia color blocksintarsia chart, knitted picture pattern

Keeps large disconnected color areas as intarsia blocks and exposes per-color yarn planning for bobbins rather than treating the design as stranded colorwork.

Cross-stitchPhoto-to-counted cross-stitchcross-stitch picture chart, DMC photo pattern

Matches the image to 489 DMC colors with symbols, fabric-count sizing, optional backstitch and partial stitches, thread quantities, and printable chart output.

EmbroideryPhoto-to-embroidery chartDMC embroidery pattern, backstitch outline chart

Combines DMC color matching with backstitch and stitch-style guidance for tracing-friendly embroidery designs.

BlackworkCounted blackworkHolbein chart, double-running stitch pattern

Builds monochrome counted charts with double-running, backstitch, Holbein, and repeating-fill options.

Diamond paintingPhoto-to-drill chartdiamond painting template, DMC drill pattern

Creates a symbol grid with round or square drill settings, DMC-coded colors, canvas sizing, and per-color drill estimates.

This is a photo-first chart workflow. The same source image can be re-generated for a different craft or technique, but the engine does not pretend that an SC tapestry chart, a C2C chart, and a filet chart follow the same construction rules.

Read the full ArtPatt engine reference โ†’

How we compare

Built for the parts other generators skip

Stitch Fiddle's official import guide lists photo conversion for C2C, crochet colorwork, filet, knitting colorwork, and cross-stitch. ArtPatt exposes the same photo-to-chart intents as dedicated workflows, then adds a craft-aware quality layer around the conversion.

WorkflowArtPattStitch

Photo import โ†’ C2C chart

Dedicated workflowOfficially supported

Photo import โ†’ crochet colorwork / pixel crochet

Tapestry + GraphghanOfficially supported

Photo import โ†’ filet crochet

Dedicated workflowOfficially supported

Photo import โ†’ knitting colorwork

Fair Isle + IntarsiaOfficially supported

Photo import โ†’ cross-stitch

Dedicated workflowOfficially supported

Craft-aware detail, cleanup, and validation

Built into the engineNot compared here

Pattern-ready material planning + PDF/PNG

Legend, instructions, quantitiesChart/editor workflow

Workflow overlap is based on the official Stitch Fiddle image import guide and ArtPatt's public engine reference. Editor capabilities and pricing change independently, so this table does not infer unsupported negatives.

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โ€œThe confetti reduction is a game changer. Finally a pattern generator that understands what crafters actually need.โ€

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Sarah M.

Cross-stitch designer

โ€œBest DMC color matching I've found online. The colors actually look right when stitched.โ€

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Embroidery hobbyist

โ€œI converted my cat's photo into a crochet blanket pattern in 30 seconds. The thread estimation saved me a trip to the yarn store.โ€

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Crochet enthusiast

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