Stitch Fiddle vs The Cross Stitch Pattern Maker
Stitch Fiddle is a chart designer for cross stitch, knitting and crochet. Its free plan stops at 300 × 300 and 50 colors, like ours. We are built only for turning photos into cross stitch patterns.
This page is written by The Cross Stitch Pattern Maker, so it is our own view. Prices checked 2026-11-15 on Stitch Fiddle's own page.
| Stitch Fiddle | This site | |
|---|---|---|
| Platform | Web | Web (computer and phone) |
| Price | Free; Premium $5 for a month or $30 for a year (one payment, never renews) | Free; Pro $3.99 for 30 days, $24 a year, $59 lifetime (one payment, never renews) |
| Free plan | 15 charts, 300 × 300, 50 colors | 300 × 300 stitches, 50 colors, first PDF free, PNG always free |
| Printable PDF | Not clear on the pricing page | First PDF free, then Pro |
| Your photo | Not stated | Converted in your browser; kept in your account only if you sync with Pro |
| Sign-up | Yes, to save charts | No |
| Selling patterns | Yes | Yes, on every plan |
| Good for | Drawing your own charts for cross stitch, knitting and crochet in one place | Turning a photo into a printable chart fast, with a stitchability check before you buy floss |
| Not for | Photo conversion with a floss check; free plan stops at 300 × 300 and 50 colors | Editing stitch by stitch, half stitches or backstitch, Anchor floss (we only have full stitches and 454 DMC colors) |
Where Stitch Fiddle is better
- Draw charts for knitting and crochet as well as cross stitch
- Save up to 15 charts online on the free plan
- Premium is cheap per month ($5) and never renews
Where we are better
- No account needed to make and download a pattern
- Stitchability check and confetti clean-up for photos
- First printable PDF free, complete, no watermark
- Floss list with skein counts for 14, 16 and 18-count
Try both with the same photo: open the free photo pattern maker, check the confetti share, and compare. Other options are in the comparison of every tool we checked and the guide to limits of free plans. We wrote the same honest page for three more tools: Stitchmate vs this site , our Pic2Pat comparison and how we stack up against FlossCross .
Questions
How much is Stitch Fiddle Premium?
Its pricing page shows $5 for one month or $30 for a year, paid once, with no automatic renewal.
What are Stitch Fiddle’s free limits?
15 charts, 300 × 300 stitches and 50 colors per chart, per its pricing page.
Free or Pro? Pro
Free, no sign-up
Photo to pattern, stitchability check, floss list with skeins, PNG, and your first PDF complete — re-download the same photo within 24 hours. Patterns saved in this browser and a stitch tracker for one pattern. Up to 300 × 300 stitches and 50 colors.
Pro adds
Every PDF for the period, names and dates on the pattern, print options, a seller kit (your covers, OXS, ZIP), a floss box with shopping lists, only the floss you own, deeper clean-up, your name instead of ours on the PDF, your patterns and stitch progress on every device, up to 1000 × 1000 stitches and 250 colors.