I really feel for stitchers like me who use Macs. The most common stitch diagramming program, StitchWiz, only runs of PCs. So Mac folks use different things. Jan Fitzpatrick is another stitcher with this problem.
If her design only uses Tent, then she charts using a Cross Stitch program. But many of her pieces use textured stitches, many of which she works out herself.
That creates a problem. Even if you aren’t designing your own pieces and stitches, you will run into times when you don’t know how things will work. That’s when Jan’s advice to work it out on canvas is perfect.
Read how she does it in her recent post.
About Janet M Perry
Janet Perry is the Internet's leading authority on needlepoint. She designs, teaches and writes, getting raves from her fans for her innovative techniques, extensive knowledge and generous teaching style. A leading writer of stitch guides, she blogs here and lives on an island in the northeast corner of the SF Bay with her family
Hi! I use a Mac and have happily discovered Ursa Graphics and their Mac-based charting software, StitchGraph. It was created for Macs first, before the PC version. Although the company is located in Great Britain, the tech support has been fantastic! Here is the link: https://www.ursasoftware.com/stitchgraph/sgraph.html