Cross-stitch thread estimator

Open Cross-stitch thread estimator on Happytails.ai. This view has the same page content and links, with explicit tool capabilities. Read the processing notes before using a tool.

Tool capabilities

{
  "id": "cross-stitch-thread-estimator",
  "category": "calculators",
  "built": true,
  "requirements": "Up to 100 million design stitches, 100 working or skein strands and 200% allowance. Whole skeins are capped at 1 million. This uses your measured sample, not a universal stitch-consumption rate.",
  "implementation": {
    "fields": [
      {
        "key": "stitches",
        "label": "Design stitches in this color",
        "value": 10000,
        "type": "number",
        "min": 1,
        "max": 100000000,
        "step": 1
      },
      {
        "key": "sampleStitches",
        "label": "Stitches in the measured sample",
        "value": 100,
        "type": "number",
        "min": 1,
        "max": 1000000,
        "step": 1
      },
      {
        "key": "sampleThreadLength",
        "label": "Consumed length of ONE strand in the sample",
        "value": 150,
        "type": "number",
        "min": 0,
        "max": 1000000000,
        "step": "any"
      },
      {
        "key": "sampleLengthUnit",
        "label": "Sample thread length unit",
        "value": "cm",
        "type": "select",
        "values": [
          "mm",
          "cm",
          "m",
          "in",
          "ft",
          "yd"
        ]
      },
      {
        "key": "workingStrands",
        "label": "Strands worked together",
        "value": 2,
        "type": "number",
        "min": 1,
        "max": 100,
        "step": 1
      },
      {
        "key": "skeinLength",
        "label": "Bundled length printed on the skein",
        "value": 8,
        "type": "number",
        "min": 0,
        "max": 1000000000,
        "step": "any"
      },
      {
        "key": "skeinLengthUnit",
        "label": "Skein length unit",
        "value": "m",
        "type": "select",
        "values": [
          "mm",
          "cm",
          "m",
          "in",
          "ft",
          "yd"
        ]
      },
      {
        "key": "skeinStrands",
        "label": "Separable strands in the skein",
        "value": 6,
        "type": "number",
        "min": 1,
        "max": 100,
        "step": 1
      },
      {
        "key": "extra",
        "label": "Extra material allowance (%)",
        "value": 20,
        "type": "number",
        "min": 0,
        "max": 200,
        "step": "any"
      }
    ],
    "input": false,
    "live": true,
    "background": false,
    "presentation": "metrics",
    "note": "Estimate one thread color from a measured sample. The sample length is for one strand, while the skein length is for the whole bundle. Add an allowance for travel and tails. Changing units keeps the entered numbers. Calculations run on your device.",
    "experience": {
      "automatic": true,
      "single": false,
      "inputMaxLength": 1000000,
      "inputMode": "text",
      "label": "Your text",
      "placeholder": "Type or paste your input…",
      "help": "Change the input or settings to update your result. Results update as you type. Up to 1,000,000 characters.",
      "helpParts": [
        "Change the input or settings to update your result.",
        "Results update as you type.",
        "Up to 1,000,000 characters."
      ],
      "action": null
    },
    "mode": "automatic",
    "interactive": false
  },
  "execution": "Browser interface",
  "api": null,
  "browser_agent": {
    "supported": true,
    "name": "run_current_tool",
    "discovery": "WebMCP on the human page in a supporting browser",
    "verification": "See audit/API-AUDIT.md; availability is not verification"
  }
}

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