Designing Patterns on the Computer

Some of you may recall my topic "Designing Patterns on the iPad" posted on InTatters earlier this year. There were quite a few people who wanted to know if there were any comparable drawing programs for the computer, and at the time, I don't think there were.

Well, now all you computer users are in luck! One of our fellow tatters has teamed up with her husband to create a drawing program to help design your own patterns. It's free, and you can find out more about it on her blog: Elaine's Tatting Aterier.

I tried it out last night and this is what I came up with:

I drew a triangular shaped motif because the App on my iPad doesn't make triangles. I really love how picots have been incorporated into the program. You can do a lot more with it (change picot size, colors, etc.) but I just did a quick run through.

I still have a lot of designs on my to do list, but I will definitely try my hand at creating something with this program in the future!