The count cannot lie
Every stitch knows what it consumes and what it produces. A yarn over creates one, a k2tog takes two. The count is computed, never typed — so it cannot be wrong.
Create knitting & crochet charts online.
A chart editor right in your browser: colourwork, cables, symbols, crochet. The written instructions build themselves, the PDF comes out clean. Nothing to install.
Free for 3 charts · nothing to install · knitting and crochet · no card
A live chart, right in your browser
Change the size, the grid recomputes
Width —
The cable —
The background absorbs —
€0
to start: no card, nothing to install. 3 free charts.
PDF
clean vector export, ready to sell. Your files follow you.
7 sizes
and whenever you want, your chart grades itself.
A chart is not a drawing
Maille is an online editor for creating knitting and crochet charts in your browser, with nothing to install — it writes the instructions for you, checks the stitch counts, and grades your designs into 7 sizes. Other tools treat your pattern as a grid of coloured squares: that's where every bit of the pain comes from — instructions retyped by hand, grading redone seven times, the mistake found at the printer.
Sizes are a calculation
Mark the cable as rigid: it stays 12 stitches in XS and in 3XL, and the background absorbs the difference. The 7 sizes are derived, not copied out.
The instructions write themselves
No “generate” button: the text and the grid are the same thing, seen two ways. They cannot drift apart. Edit the text and the chart follows.
Gauge, not the grid
A stitch is 4.5 mm wide and 3.3 mm tall. A motif drawn on a square grid comes out 27 % squashed on the needles. Here you see the real proportions from the start.
Your own symbols
Draw them, or import an SVG. Across one cell or twelve. They travel with the file and print sharp.
Switch language, not file
The pattern is not translated — it is rewritten from the model. In crochet, the UK/US “double crochet” trap disappears: the word is a rendering, never data.
What the others do, and what they don’t
The most-used alternatives to Maille are StitchMastery (desktop software, since 2011) and Stitch Fiddle (free, in the browser). StitchMastery already generates instructions and checks counts; Stitch Fiddle is strong on colourwork grids. Unlike both, Maille automatically derives 7 sizes from a single chart, and brings knitting, crochet, written instructions and collaboration together in one web editor.
| Maille | StitchMastery | Stitch Fiddle | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-size grading | 7 derived sizes | no | no |
| Rigid / elastic zones | yes | no | no |
| Written instructions | yes | yes | no |
| Stitch-count checking | yes | yes | no |
| True gauge proportions | by default | no | no |
| Crochet | yes | no | yes |
| In the browser | yes | desktop app | yes |
| Live collaboration | yes | no | no |
| Open, documented format | yes | no | no |
| Price | €5/month | perpetual licence | free / paid |
Frequently asked questions
Is it really free?
Yes: 3 free charts, no card and nothing to install. Beyond that, Pro is €5/month for unlimited charts.
Do I need to install anything?
No. Everything runs in your browser, on desktop or tablet. Your charts are saved and follow you across devices.
Does it work for knitting AND crochet?
Both, in the same editor. Knitting: colourwork grids, cables, lace, true-gauge proportions. Crochet: symbols, trebles, single crochet, Tunisian, amigurumi — without the UK/US “double crochet” trap.
Are the written instructions automatic?
Yes. The text and the chart are the same thing seen two ways: they can’t drift apart. Edit the grid, the instructions follow.
Can I sell my patterns?
Of course — they’re yours. The PDF export is vector, clean and watermark-free on Pro, ready to sell.
What if I stop paying?
Your charts stay readable and exportable, always. We never hold your work hostage.
Does my chart come in several sizes?
Yes — once the chart is drawn, its 7 sizes derive themselves, with rigid and elastic zones.
The price of one pattern a month
You sell your patterns for €5–8. Maille costs one of them.
Pro
€5 / month
- Unlimited patterns
- All 7 sizes
- Vector PDF, no watermark
- Sharing and collaboration
- Multilingual (EN, FR…)
No card required. Cancel in one click.
If you stop paying, your patterns stay readable and exportable. Always. We do not hold your work hostage.