Tapestry Crochet Pattern Maker from a Photo

Lay the colors you are not using along the top of the row below and work your single crochet over them, so they hide inside the stitches. To change color, do the last pull-through of the stitch before the change with the new color. That is why tapestry keeps to a few colors: each one you carry makes the fabric thicker.

Row 1 is the bottom row. The written rows go right to left on odd rows and left to right on even rows, the way you turn flat work, and give each run of one color and how many stitches it lasts. If you work every row from the right side without turning, or in the round for a bag, read each row of the graph right to left instead.

The key counts the single crochet of each color and turns them into yards and skeins of Red Heart Super Saver. Carried strands use yarn too, even where a color does not show, so buy an extra skein of any color you carry across the whole piece.

Tapestry is one square per single crochet, about 3.5 to the inch, so it shows more detail in a smaller piece and suits bags and pillows. C2C tiles are about an inch each, so a blanket grows fast but looks blockier; open the C2C page to compare.

For a first project, yes. The color preview is free for everyone, your first full pattern is free with no sign-up, and a new account gets 5 more free. After that the full pattern (PDF chart with symbols, color codes, counts and the shopping list) is ⁠$1.99⁠ on its own, or from ⁠$0.20⁠ a pattern with credits (15 for ⁠$4.99⁠).

No. Pick a photo: your first pattern is free without one, and after that you can pay for just the pattern you want. Patterns stay in My patterns on this browser. Sign in with Google or email for 5 more free patterns, to keep patterns on any device and to buy credit packs or plans.

A PDF you can print on A4 or Letter: the chart with a symbol in every square, bold lines every 10 squares, row and column numbers, split over pages for big designs; the color key with brand codes and counts; what to buy; and the finished size. Plus a PNG of the whole chart. Download them again any time from My patterns.

No. A square that matches none of its four neighbors is folded into the color around it unless it stands out, like the light in an eye, and two shades are mixed only in smooth gradients. In the 11 sample patterns on this site, 0% to 0.7% of the squares are lone. The free preview shows every square in its color, so you can check yours before paying.

Yes. Pick another craft in the generator and the preview redraws from the same photo, with no new upload: Cross Stitch, Needlepoint, Perler Bead, Mini Perler Bead, Crochet, Filet Crochet, Knitting, LEGO Mosaic, Diamond Painting. One credit makes one pattern of any craft.

No. It makes a printable pattern from your own photo: it has no ready-made designs and sells no floss, thread, beads, yarn, bricks or drills (the PDF lists what to buy). The chart is computed square by square from your photo's colors, not drawn by an AI image model. DMC, Perler, Hama, Artkal, Red Heart Super Saver and LEGO are trademarks of their owners, who don't make or endorse this site.

Your photo is shrunk to 600 pixels on your own device before it is sent, and only you can see it and your patterns. Photos are deleted automatically within 30 days, and you can delete them, your patterns or your account at any time.

Change the size or number of colors and look at the preview again before paying. If it still comes out wrong after you pay, email us within 7 days and we'll give its credit back once so you can make it again.

Yes, on the pattern's page. Edit squares changes squares one by one in the pattern's own colors and saves to the pattern, and the color key, thread amounts and PDF follow. Mark done lets you tap the squares (or tick the rows, for crochet and knitting) you have finished, kept in your browser. Tap a color in the key to pick it out on the chart.

No. Credits from packs never expire; one credit makes one pattern of any craft and size.

Yes, in one click under My patterns. It doesn't renew, and the credits you have stay.

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You can sell the finished pieces you make from your own photos. The pattern file is for your own use. Questions: support@photopatternmaker.com.