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YOUR STITCH COUNT · YOUR MEASURED PACE

Cross-stitch
project time calculator.

Turn the stitches you still need into active hours, manageable sessions and a weekly time plan. Use your measured pace rather than someone else's average.

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Example progress bar: 3000 of 12000 stitches complete, with 9000 remaining. A measured 90 stitches in 30 active minutes gives 180 per hour and 50 active hours remaining.

Active stitching time only. Pattern preparation, counting and planning, thread sorting, unpicking, finishing and interruptions need their own allowance. A steady pace and a weekly plan describe effort; they do not promise a calendar finish date.

01 / WHAT REMAINS

Make time for the next stitches.

Starting numbers are editable examples, not typical stitch rates or a recommended schedule. Replace them with your own counts and timed sample.

Actual stitches in this project

Use the actual number you intend to stitch. Width × height only gives a stitch total if every chart square is stitched. Both counts are whole numbers; completed may be 0.

Your own stitching pace
Measured sample

Time a representative section and count completed stitches. Pause the timer for excluded tasks and interruptions. A sample must contain at least one stitch and positive time.

Your planned stitching sessions

Sessions per week must be a whole number from 1 to 28. Use active minutes, rather than the whole evening. The plan assumes this schedule repeats.

Changes update automatically. Decimal time and pace inputs accept up to three decimal places, using a decimal point. Refreshing clears your entries.

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Project time questions

Does fabric count tell me how long stitching will take?

The calculator uses actual stitch count and your entered pace. It does not infer time from fabric count or finished dimensions. Changing fabric count can change physical size without changing the number of charted stitches; your real pace may still vary.

What if the design is only partly covered?

Use the actual intended stitches from your pattern or your own count. A 100 × 100 chart has 10,000 possible squares, but a design that stitches only 6,000 of those squares should use 6,000 as its total. Leave the background uncounted if it stays unstitched.

Why are the two week figures different?

Effort-equivalent weeks describe a quantity of time. The session schedule also has whole visits to your project. In the editable example, 50 hours at 225 minutes a week is about 13.333 weeks of effort, while 67 sessions at five a week extend into planning week 14.

Will a sample predict every part of the pattern?

No. A block of one colour may differ from scattered stitches, frequent changes or detailed sections. Use a sample that resembles the work still ahead, and update the pace when that work changes. This tool does not add hidden time or guess a difficulty factor.