PatternGenius 4+

This is a great app to design with, especially using the chart option. It takes a little time to find some of the hidden gems.... like being able to change the chart colours if you want to. Useful if you want six shades of pink :). There are two things that would make this a top rated app for me, be able to change the name of your creation if you want to - once it’s named it’s set in stone, be warned. Secondly, the ability to print out your design. Not everyone wants to sit with an electronic device on for hours on end.

I’m enjoying using this app - particularly in conjunction with KnitCompanion. I’ve used it to create charts, colour and stitch based and despite it slowing down a bit when the charts are large, it does work well. But, for me, it has one particular restriction that I find annoying: you can’t change the grid to reflect the shape of your stitches. It’s very rare that a stitch is square; as on knitting graph paper, stitches are usually squished a bit, being wider than they are tall, and this varies from pattern to pattern. But importantly, if you’re doing colour work - and particularly if you’re doing intarsia or pictorial knitting - being able to create a workable pattern is hampered by the grid being unrelentingly ‘square’. Allowing the grid to reflect the stitches would really improve this app.

Still waiting (a year later) for something to be done about the ability to change ratios for fields so that you can adapt to the shape/size of your stitches.

Also hoping that the ability to replicate a design, either by copying and pasting the whole field into a new file, or by renaming a design and thus creating a new file with the same design. Having to photograph and then reinsert each stitch in a complicated lace pattern, when you just want to try out a slightly altered design, without losing the original, would be a definite improvement. Please get on it app designers! Thanks.

I have just downloaded this app as I love knitting lace & colour work. Have just tried it for a couple of basic lace patterns, the only thing that would give it 5 stars for me would be the ability to change the colour of the lines to demarcate the pattern repeats. So to be able to draw say a red line would give it 5 stars