In this section

These pages cover everything you can do in CromoDesigner, grouped by what you're trying to accomplish.

Designer essentials

The core workflow — set up a pattern, draw it, refine it.

• Pattern properties — what to specify before you start.
• Views — different ways to look at your pattern while designing.
• Background image — use a reference image as you draw.
• Slanting stitches — when and how to use slanted stitches.
• Freehand drawing — create your design by drawing.
• Drawing shapes — lines, curves, and geometric shapes.

The following actions operate on a selected region:

• Move and copy — duplicate or reposition parts of your pattern.
• Filling regions — fill enclosed areas with a single click.
• Flipping — mirror a selected region horizontally or vertically.
• Inverting colors — swap the colors within a selected region.

Finalizing a design

Once your design is ready, prepare it for sharing.

• Editing stitch types — fine-tune your design down to the individual stitch.
• Preview — see how your pattern will look in CromoViewer, and choose design and background colors.
• Generate chart — export a grid-style chart of your pattern.
• Generate written pattern — export written stitch-by-stitch instructions.

Creator-only features

The features below are available with the Creator plan only.

• Tileable pattern — create a basic motif which can be repeated edge-to-edge in any direction.
• Non-rectangular pattern — design patterns of any outline shape, not just rectangles.
• Lightening a pattern — convert solid blocks to alternating single and double crochet stitches.
• Adding text — turn words and phrases into stitches on the canvas.
• Importing an image — convert an image into a stitch pattern automatically.
• Adding annotations — embed notes that appear in CromoViewer while crocheting.
• Pattern variations — create multiple variations or parts for one pattern.