{"product_id":"the-thread-estimator-a-stitchers-tool","title":"The Thread Estimator · A Stitcher's Tool","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKnow how much thread to bring home before you fall in love with a canvas.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are two kinds of stitchers: those who have run out of thread four rows from the finish, and those who are about to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Thread Estimator is a calculator built for painted canvas needlepoint. Tell it the size of your canvas, the mesh, the stitch you favor, and roughly how the colors divide — twenty percent navy, ten percent blanc, and so on. It returns a proper shopping list: yards and skeins, color by color, in the thread you actually intend to use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt accounts for the things that matter:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMono canvas from 10 to 18 mesh, plus Penelope 10\/20 — with petit point set color by color, the way it is actually stitched\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour stitch: basketweave, continental, half cross, or mosaic, each consuming what it consumes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour thread: tapestry wool, Persian wool, silk, wool–silk blend, or stranded cotton, each converted to skeins at its own length\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour tension. An adjustable overage runs from 10 percent (brave) to 30 percent (serene), and a calibration mode learns your hand from projects you have already finished, then adjusts every estimate to match it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat last part is the quiet luxury of the thing. Enter one or two finished canvases — their size, mesh, stitch, and the yardage you truly went through — and the Estimator stops guessing about an average stitcher and starts calculating for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow it arrives.\u003c\/strong\u003e Instantly, as a single file that opens in any browser on your computer, tablet, or phone. No account, no app, no subscription, no internet required once it is yours. It will work in the shop, at the lake, and at thirty thousand feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA note on honesty: every estimate is an estimate. Hand-painted canvases, decorative stitches, and a generous hand will all nudge the numbers. When in doubt, buy the extra skein. Dye lots wait for no one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's included\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Thread Estimator (one HTML file, yours to keep)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLifetime use on your own devices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt-in calibration that improves with every project you feed it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePersonal Use License.\u003c\/strong\u003e Your purchase grants you, the purchaser, a lifetime license to use The Thread Estimator for your personal stitching and planning, on any devices you own. The tool, its design, and its text are © 2026 Heather Rae Atelier, all rights reserved. The file may not be resold, redistributed, shared, republished, posted online, or incorporated into another product or service, in whole or in part. Shop owners and finishers interested in commercial or in-shop use are warmly invited to inquire: we offer a separate license for that. As with all digital goods, sales are final.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heather Rae Atelier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53899126571374,"sku":"HRA-TOOL-001","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/0288\/9326\/files\/thread-estimator-product-image.png?v=1781280651","url":"https:\/\/heatherraeatelier.com\/products\/the-thread-estimator-a-stitchers-tool","provider":"Heather Rae Atelier","version":"1.0","type":"link"}