Instant Stitch 1.0

by TOPICS Entertainment

Product Features

• Essential pattern-creation tool for knitters, crocheters, and stitchers
• Turn photos and any graphic files into a stitch pattern
• Design and create children¿s clothes by simply loading measurements into program
• Create custom clothes using the measurement information for 35 standard sizes
• Create your own inventory catalog for needles, notions, yarns and more

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000668BQ
• Item model number: CS-166s
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 11, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,423 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Instant Stitch is a four-CD-ROM set designed to help knitters, crocheters, and stitchers create patterns for stitching, sweaters, and children's clothes. Users can take their own photos (with a scanner), digital camera images, or any graphic file and turn them into stitch patterns instantly. With an easy-to-use interface and step-by-step procedures, this program makes crafting fun and accessible.

Along with using graphic files to create patterns, this program also allows users to create knit vests, pullovers, cardigans, jackets, and more using the measurement information for 35 standard sizes, which range from newborn to adult. Parents can even design and create their children's clothes by just loading the measurement information into the program. Instant Stitch also contains a valuable listing of 80 companies with their yarn types, reducing the time spent searching for perfect material, and it allows users to create an inventory catalog for needles, notions, yarns, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

86 of 96 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Useful....but..., September 9, 2002

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Trish "A Sun Salutin', Crochet Hookin' Chick!" (CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instant Stitch 1.0 (CD-ROM)

I received my Instant Stitch a few weeks ago and have used it almost everyday. It is very easy to use. I am a crocheter and wanted to make sweater patterns. Hence my two complaints: (1). There are no written conversions for crochet stitches...If you put the knitting needle size in metric and enter your gauge, the rows and width come out even. The written patterns do not accomodate crocheters and (2) My Childrens size pattern maker did not work at all. I think it was faulty.
Even with these problems, this product is worth the [$$$]...lots of info in it.

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cross Stitch/Knitting/Sewing ALL IN ONE, March 30, 2004

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L. Sheldon "reeeeeeeeeead" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instant Stitch 1.0 (CD-ROM)

I found this 4 set software a "survey" of all four, successful at none. I am computer software savvy, but I found it difficult to use. Comes in a nice sized box with only the 4 CDs inside. I rather expected a book, pamphlet, or SOMETHING. I was particularly interested in the cross stitch CD, which I found completely insufficient for doing any sophisticated work. I didn't think HELP was particularly useful. I wanted to create a new alphabet to design something. This software just won't do it. Or I just couldn't figure it out. I was unable to "cut and paste" my designs. I am sure there was a way to do it, but it wasn't intuitive, or work like any other product I have used.

I didn't attempt to use their "organization" CD as I found everything else so very useless. BEWARE OF BUYING 4 HIGHLY SPECIALIZED crafts consolidated into one oversized box containing only 4 CDs. (...)

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but a bit out of date, March 18, 2004

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BookwormNJ "BookwormNJ" (NJ United States) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Instant Stitch 1.0 (CD-ROM)

Instant Stitch comes with 4 CDs: Sweater Design, Organized Expressions (the inventory), a cross stitch pattern creator, and "personal patterns for children." The kiddie stuff didn't load properly, and strangely, seems to be for sewers, not knitters/crocheters.

The inventory is exactly the program I have been looking for and, I hope, will finally allow me to catalog my stash. My one complaint is that since the software was written, many many new yarns have appeared (and others have disappeared) So I find myself calling some yarns by the wrong names, just to get them in the inventory -- alas, the upgrade from the manufacturer costs another $20!

My final word? The two relevant knitting CDs seem to be an excellent value. I have no idea why the other programs are included. Does anyone want my cross stitch program?