CrochetPARADE is a platform for creating, visualizing and analysing two-dimensional and three-dimensional crochet patterns.
It uses a purpose-built pattern language designed to express crochet instructions precisely and avoid ambiguities associated with natural-language patterns. Designs are parsed, checked and converted into interactive virtual models that can be inspected before a physical project is started.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Define crochet projects using a purpose-built pattern description language.
- Create custom stitches and reusable stitch patterns.
- Parse pattern instructions and check them for structural correctness.
- Generate virtual models directly from crochet pattern descriptions.
- Visualize crochet projects in both two and three dimensions.
- Identify stitches that appear excessively loose or tight in the generated model.
- Inspect potential structural problems before starting the physical crochet project.
- Generate crochet charts automatically using standard crochet symbols.
- Export SVG diagrams showing the connections between individual stitches.
- Identify stitches in SVG output by type, row number and position within a row.
- Export three-dimensional project models for further work in applications such as Blender.
- Rotate, zoom and pan around the interactive 3D representation.
- Animate construction of a pattern to show how stitches connect sequentially.
- Highlight selected stitches for closer inspection.
- Hide selected stitches to expose otherwise obscured parts of a model.
- Change yarn thickness to examine its effect on the resulting shape.
- Change yarn colours within the virtual project.
- Hover over stitches in the 3D view to inspect stitch information.
- Share patterns as text so another user can reproduce the same virtual model.
- Pattern grammar follows programming-language concepts and can also support teaching programming principles.
- Perform calculations locally on the user’s device rather than sending project data to a central server.
- Can process large patterns containing tens of thousands of stitches.
- Uses three.js for interactive three-dimensional rendering.
- Uses SVG.js for scalable vector diagram generation.
Website: github.com/stassev/CrochetPARADE
Support:
Developer: Svetlin Tassev
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
CrochetPARADE is written in JavaScript. Learn JavaScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Crafting Tools | |
|---|---|
| KXStitch | Cross-stitch pattern creator and editor for KDE |
| Ink/Stitch | Machine embroidery design platform based on Inkscape |
| Embroidermodder | Machine embroidery software tool |
| Crosti | Graphic conversion utility to create cross stitches |
| Cstitch | Convert images to cross stitch patterns |
| SymbolEditor | Create libraries of QPainterPath objects with hints on how to render them |
| Embroiderly | Design cross-stitch patterns |
| WeaveDreamer | Design weaving patterns and drafts for hand weavers |
| POVThread | Convert bitmap images into embroidery thread patterns |
| CrochetPARADE | Render, analyse and debug crochet patterns |
| Knotter | Configurable interlace designer |
Read our verdict in the software roundup.
 Explore our carefully curated directory of recommended free and open source software, covering every major software category.The directory forms part of our extensive collection of articles for Linux enthusiasts. It includes hundreds of detailed reviews, together with free and open source alternatives to proprietary software from companies such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, IBM, Cisco, Oracle, and Autodesk. LinuxLinks also covers interesting projects worth exploring, Linux-compatible hardware, free programming books and tutorials, and much more. Know a useful free and open source Linux application that we haven’t covered? Tell us about it using our submission form. |
Please read our Comment Policy before commenting.