Skeinworks

Turn a photo into a cross-stitch chart you can actually stitch.

Skeinworks reads your photo, matches every stitch to one of 489 real DMC floss shades, and hands you a printable symbol chart with a per-colour skein count. No pixel-art guesswork, no invented colours, no threads you cannot buy.

What you get

Photo to chart

Import from your camera or library. Skeinworks drops the background, keeps the subject, and throws away stray single stitches that would be miserable to sew.

Real DMC colours

Every stitch lands on the nearest shade in the DMC Six-Strand Embroidery Floss range (489 colours), so the floss you buy is the colour you saw.

Symbol chart PDF

The cross-stitch industry format: one symbol per colour, absolute row and column numbers, and a final thread table telling you how many skeins to buy.

Finished size first

Pick 14, 16 or 18 count Aida and see the stitched size and the fabric to cut, in inches and centimetres, before you buy anything.

Build mode

Work by row, block or colour. Tick stitches off as you sew and the chart remembers where you stopped.

Floss drawer and shopping list

Record the skeins you own, see what each chart uses, and turn the shortfall into a cart with the DMC code already in the search box.

Sizes

Presets are 60×60, 120×120 and 200×200, with a fully custom grid from 10 to 300 stitches on a side. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac — the wide canvas is where a 200×200 chart finally becomes comfortable to read.

Free and Pro

Free

$0

  • Ten active charts
  • Full conversion engine
  • Build mode, inventory and shopping list

Pro

$0.99 per week · $2.99 per month · $4.99 lifetime

  • Unlimited charts
  • Complete, watermark-free PDF export
  • Materials cover sheet

Supplies

Charts come with a materials list — DMC floss, Aida fabric, hoops, needles and threaders — and each entry links to a search on Amazon so you can buy the exact item.

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About the colours

Colour values are screen references cross-checked against several public DMC charts. Dye lots vary and monitors lie — always check against a physical shade card before buying a large quantity.

Skeinworks is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by DMC. DMC and Mouliné Spécial are trademarks of their respective owners.