Show HN: Stitchwink – Cross-stitch pattern making with AI

A developer launched Stitchwink, a web tool at stitchwink.com that uses AI to generate cross-stitch patterns from text and optional images, with a built-in editor for manually adjusting individual stitches. The creator said general AI tools like ChatGPT produce designs that look good but are not physically realizable as actual cross-stitch patterns, and that Stitchwink's output still requires a few manual edits. The project was posted to Hacker News as a Show HN with 1 point and 0 comments.

My wife has been cross stitching since she was a child and I wanted to make a tool where she could generate her own custom patterns: https://stitchwink.com/ https://stitchwink.com/ You can try chatgpt or other AI tools but the problem is that they don't create real patterns. They look good at first glance but it's not actually a physically realizable pattern when you look at the details. The way it works is pretty simple, you use text & optional images to create and edit patterns. There's also a built in editor to manually change any of the stitches. It's not perfect but with a few manual edits, she's been able to create some awesome patterns. Here are a few one the ones she's made: https://stitchwink.com/share/8efdff80-2a21-4e7f-8122-553ca94... https://stitchwink.com/share/8efdff80-2a21-4e7f-8122-553ca947c983 https://stitchwink.com/share/ab47a0bf-afbc-44ff-90ad-9128535... https://stitchwink.com/share/ab47a0bf-afbc-44ff-90ad-912853577617 https://stitchwink.com/share/201fa791-39a1-4684-9f3e-2539a62... https://stitchwink.com/share/201fa791-39a1-4684-9f3e-2539a620d489 https://stitchwink.com/share/dcdf06be-fe2b-4353-85e5-3eede41... https://stitchwink.com/share/dcdf06be-fe2b-4353-85e5-3eede41ffa72 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49650254 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49650254 Points: 1 Comments: 0