• Full stitch, half stitch, backstitch, half backstitch, bargello and french knots
• Borders and centerlines
• Labels
• Notes Text
• Stitch Text for samplers
• Save motifs for use in future charts
• Move, copy, rotate and mirror any section of a chart
• Color picker
• Choice of stitch styles

• Quick Photo Conversion feature; Convert photos or pictures to charts automatically
• Modify conversion options easily with Redo Conversion function
  
• Imports BMP, JPEG, TIF, TGA, PCT, WMF and PCX files
• More than 200 thread brands and ranges available for Photo Conversion

Colors

• Up to 1000 thread colors available per chart
• Chart with all the major and most minor thread brands (Anchor, DMC, Madeira etc..)
• Design with over 9 thread types (Stranded Cotton, Tapestry Wool, Silk etc..)
• Mix your own colors and match any color to closest color in a thread brand
• Select colors from thread brands by using the on screen shade card or enter the catalog number
• Automatically match the colors from a thread brand to the closest colors in another brand
• Automatically remove any unused colors from the palette when a design is completed
• Used colors are highlighted

• 600 Custom designed symbols
• Change symbols at any stage of designing
• Automatically assign dark symbols to dark colors to give good weighting to symbol charts
• In symbol on color mode automatically inverts symbols on dark colors for easy reading

• Chart sizes up to 1000 by 1000 stitches
• Easy chart sizing by measurement (mm, cm, inch) as well as by cells
• Chart calculator for working out the sewn size of charts using material count etc
• Thread calculator for working out how much thread will be needed to complete a design

Chart Types

Grid

• Accent every 10th or 5th gridline or no accent
• Choose from standard square grid or elongated hand knitting grid or beading

• On screen simulation of cross stitch, tent stitch and beads
• View designs on screen in colors, symbols, symbols on color
• Navigator makes it easy to move around the chart while designing
• Preview when opening charts lets you see designs before you open them
• Multi-Document Interface allowing you to view different charts at once
• Command Bar for easy access to favourite tools
• Mouse Scroll Wheel support
• Right click menus
• Tool Tip messages

• Print charts in symbols, full color, symbols on color or stampstitch
• Print symbols at large easy-to-read sizes
• Print Layout diagram for large charts printed over several pages
• Print the users key made automatically for all charts
• Select different languages to print

• When enabled Autosave gives a reminder to save every ten minutes if you have not saved

• Customize the StitchCraft color scheme
• Multiple Document Interface
• Palette info shows total stitches in design

Documentation & Help

• Quarter stitches
• Offset stitches
• Horizontal and vertical half stitches
• Variegated Fill Tool
• Gradient Fill Tool
• Custom center lines and arrows
• Stitch Outline
• Extra Back Stitch styles

• Advanced Photo Conversion features including sepia conversion, custom number of colors and detail options
• Trace feature for charting over pictures semi-manually
• Custom conversion color quantities

• Add your own pre-saved palettes to charts during designing
• Arrange the palette colors automatically by catalog number, stitch quantity etc.
• Merge options for different stitch types when merging stitches of one color into another
• Multiple Merge feature for reducing the sewing difficulty of complex designs by merging similar colors
• Customise thread, bead and material colors

• 30 backstitch and bargello symbols
• Set the size and line thickness of symbols, backstitch and bargello
• Change the color and shading of symbols, backstitch and bargello
• Set preferences for all aspects of symbols

• Chart sizes up to 4000 by 4000 stitches
• Size charts by inserting columns and rows
• Size charts to imported pictures
• Design resize & design scale options

• Change the color, shading, and thickness of gridlines
• Change the proportions for grid cells from square to any rectangular shape
• Accent any grid line horizontally or vertically
• Offset the starting point of the grid
• Set preferences for all aspects of the grid

• When viewing in symbols on color set the amount of color to show behind the symbols
• Turn the auto invert symbols option on or off
• Customize the palette items that show on screen

• Print a custom copyright notice on designs
• Specify a percentage colour wash when printing symbols on colour
• Advanced printing settings

• Customize the design environment
• Set start up preferences for new charts
• Customize the Autosave options and automatic backup copies of charts