35 motifs · free
Christmas
Santa, reindeer, a snowman, gifts, decorations and a snowy scene. A shared background and scale: combine the pieces in one scene.
Free tool · colourwork
Knitting chart maker, knitted in real yarn.
Paint a colourwork chart and see it as knitted fabric while you draw, stitch by stitch, in 188 real yarns: solids, heathers, tweeds, marls and fluffy ones. Charts up to 400 × 400 stitches and 40 colours, free and without an account.
- Real yarn, live. Every stitch is drawn from photographed knitting, so you see texture, fuzz and colour the way they knit up — not flat squares.
- Floats checked as you paint. Long floats are marked for your gauge; turn the fabric over to see them on the back, or let “Fix long floats” suggest the fewest dots first.
- Fair Isle or intarsia, told plainly. The maker picks the technique from your chart and counts the bobbins when it’s intarsia.
- Colour options side by side. See your chart in other colourways, and check contrast in black and white or for colour blindness.
8 motif packs · Christmas free now
Motif packs that fit together.
Each pack is drawn by us on one background colour and one scale, so the pieces combine into a scene: stamp a reindeer next to a cabin, a sheep beside the barn. Every motif keeps to five colours or fewer and is checked square by square. The Christmas pack (35 motifs) is free in the chart maker now; you can preview the other 7 packs there, and they open soon.
40 motifs · coming soon
Farm
Cows, horses, sheep, lambs, hens, chicks, a red barn, a windmill, fences and meadows. A shared sky background and scale: combine the pieces in one scene.
40 motifs · coming soon
Animals
Woodland, savanna, sea life, birds and pets: bears, foxes, deer, lions, elephants, giraffes, whales, octopuses, flamingos, peacocks, hamsters… A shared olive-green background and scale: combine the pieces in one scene.
30 motifs · coming soon
Hearts
Symmetrical hearts, heart-themed gifts, symbols of love and repeating heart bands.
39 motifs · coming soon
Everyday
Kitchenware, food, home and personal items, a knitting corner and transport, with two repeating bands and a kitchen shelf scene.
33 motifs · coming soon
Winter
Snowy mountains, a frozen lake, winter sports, cosy clothes and cold-climate animals. Winter on midnight navy, without Christmas decorations.
31 motifs · coming soon
Nordic & Anatolian
Anatolian kilim motifs—Elibelinde (hands on hips), Koçboynuzu (ram's horn), Göz (eye), Muska (amulet) and Pıtrak (burdock)—meet Nordic knitting: Selbu stars, Fair Isle OXO and peerie bands. A shared cream background and stitch scale: arrange bands and motifs across a sweater front or a kilim.
35 motifs · coming soon
Cool Stuff
Original stickers inspired by space, gaming, music and street life. Bright, simple blocks of colour on a black background.
Everything in one place
From first square to written rows.
Draw
Paint, fill, draw rectangles and pick colours from the chart; undo and redo; mirror the chart. Set repeats across and up and see the whole piece.
Start from something
Ready-made motifs and bands, public-domain borders from 1597 and 1890 pattern books, a name in three alphabets, or a photo turned into a chart with the nearest real yarns.
Measure
Choose your yarn weight or enter your own gauge, and the finished size in centimetres follows your chart and repeats.
Take it with you
Download the knitted image, a chart table (CSV) or written instructions with every row counted, and share a link that opens your design for anyone.