Stitch along

Stitch mode allows you to track exactly which stitches are complete so that you can see your progress and more easily follow the pattern itself.

Before you begin, you can export a materials list, which gives you roughly how many skeins of thread and how much aida you need based on the pattern and the selected aida size.

It allows you to stitch your way. It supports the parking method, by allowing you to mark where a thread is parked with a list of parked threads which centre on the place you marked when clicked. You can also add additional diagonal lines to the grid as guides when doing diagonal row parking style.

If you prefer standard page style (either parking or cross-country), you can use the paging system. It allows you to set the height and width of the page and it will divide the pattern for you and mark the selected page with a blue outline. You can also use "fuzzy edges" where the app tries to keep stitches of the same colour near the edge of the page together. This is useful when doing the cross-country style. As a last resort you can manually move stitches from one page to another so you can dictate exactly which stitches are on which page.

The colours for the pattern or each individual page are in the list on the right. Rather than opting for a PDF style list, this list can be ordered by either total stitches required or by DMC code. You can also move done threads to the bottom of the list. If you tap on a thread, the app will "focus" on that colour. In this mode, stitches of the selected colour are highlighted and have an orange border. When a colour is highlighted, only those stitches can be marked, which makes it easier to mark the correct stitches.

When you mark stitches, the app will ask if you want to start the timer. Timing is just another element of stitch tracking which can be nice to see as you progress. Using the timer you can get stats like stitches per hour and of course total time spent stitching a project.

You can import patterns from PDFs or other third party pattern editors (.oxs) or use Stitches stitch-along files if your pattern designer can supply it. You can mark-up a pattern if you want before stitching. This means you can make adjustments to the pattern like changing a thread colour or adjusting some stitches.

Finally you can export your StitchOps page and you can produce a rendered timelapse of your progress based on the tracking you did in the app. This gives nice insight into how you approached the pattern, how fast you did it and might be nice to share with friends or other hobbyists.