Kanava: Cross Stitch Pattern

Kanava turns a photo — or a drawing you make in the app — into a counted chart you can work from. One engine, four crafts: cross stitch, fuse beads on pegboards, brick stitch and peyote.

FOUR CRAFTS, ONE APP

Cross stitch on 14, 16 and 18 count Aida, evenweave or linen over two. Fuse beads on a pegboard, with the board count and the bead bags worked out for you. Brick stitch and peyote, charted with the half-bead row offset and the true bead shape instead of a square grid.

COLOURS THAT LOOK RIGHT ON FABRIC

Most converters pick threads by RGB distance, which is why their charts come out muddy. Kanava matches in CIELAB using Delta E 2000, against the full palette of 455 real floss shades.

THE THREE NUMBERS, ALWAYS IN AGREEMENT

Fabric count, stitch count and finished size sit on one screen and stay consistent as you change any of them — the single most common source of error in a counted project.

A CHART YOU CAN READ

A symbol for every colour, a bold line every tenth, centre marks, and numbered rulers down all four edges. The legend lists symbol, shade number, colour name, stitch count and the skeins, bags or grams you need to buy.

Everything runs on your device. No account, and nothing you chart is uploaded.