Cookie Policy — The Cross Stitch Pattern Maker
Last updated: 15 November 2026
Your choice
If you visit from the European Economic Area, the UK or Switzerland, statistics cookies are only set after you click “Accept” in the cookie banner. Elsewhere they are on by default. You can change your choice at any time with the Cookie settings link at the bottom of every page; when you turn statistics off, we delete the statistics cookies this site set.
Cookies we use
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Kept for |
|---|---|---|---|
cc_cookie | thecrossstitchpatternmaker.com | Remembers your cookie choice (necessary) | 6 months |
__Secure-better-auth.session_token | thecrossstitchpatternmaker.com | Keeps you signed in; set only when you sign in (necessary) | Up to 90 days |
signed_in | thecrossstitchpatternmaker.com | Shows “Account” instead of “Sign in” in the menu while you are signed in; holds no personal data (necessary) | Up to 90 days |
_ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics | Tells visits apart to count visitors | Up to 2 years |
_clck, _clsk | Microsoft Clarity | Links page views of one visit for session replay | 1 year, 1 day |
When statistics are allowed, Microsoft may also set its own cookies on its domains (CLID, MUID and related cookies on clarity.ms and other Microsoft domains) — see Microsoft’s list of Clarity cookies. What these services collect is described in the Privacy Policy.
Browser storage
The pattern maker keeps one entry in your browser’s local storage, xs_free_pdf: a fingerprint of the photo your free PDF was made from and the time, so a second PDF can be recognised. It stays on your device and is never sent to us. xs_pro remembers whether this browser last saw Pro on your account, so the header shows it straight away. xs_rv_shown and xs_rv_closed (local storage) and xs_rv_visit, xs_mp_line (session storage) remember when a short Pro note was last shown or closed, so it is not repeated; xs_ts_<id> remembers that a tracked pattern has been opened before.
Your saved patterns and stitch progress are kept in your browser’s IndexedDB databases xs-patterns and xs-trackers, your floss box and seller details in xs-profiles (and xs-patterns-deleted, xs-trackers-deleted, xs-profiles-deleted, which note deletions to pass on to your Pro account). See the Privacy Policy for what they contain.
While statistics are allowed, the site also keeps one entry in your browser’s local storage, xs_first_visit: the website that first sent you here, its utm_source tag and the first page you opened. It is removed when you turn statistics off, and it reaches us only if you create an account (see the Privacy Policy).
Changes
If we change the cookies we use, this page will be updated first.
Questions: support@thecrossstitchpatternmaker.com