Textile

Needlepoint

A tapestry stitch, slanted and dense.

Needlepoint: a textile effect on the built-in sample photograph. Computed on your machine right now.
Open Needlepoint in the studio

Controls

cell
Size of one stitch in source pixels
slant
Which way the stitches lean. Herringbone alternates the lean row by row, which is what keeps the canvas from pulling out of square
yarn
How thick the yarn is, as a share of a stitch. Thin leaves the canvas showing between the stitches
relief
How rounded the yarn is. At zero the stitches go flat and the work reads as printed rather than sewn
jitter
How unevenly the stitches sit. A little is what makes them handmade rather than printed
canvas
A colour, #d8cdb4 by default.
contrast
A number from -1 to 1, 0 by default.

Starting points

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