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The Treadl software is free to use
The code powering Treadl is publicly available.
Use Treadl to organise your patterns into projects - along with images, text, and other files.
Each project gets its own unique address, which you can use to share with others (or keep them private - it's up to you). Choose whether your projects are open-source, allowing visitors to export the source WIF files of your patterns for them to download and use in their own projects.
Projects can contain any mixture of file types. Include images, text files, and other items amongst your patterns.
Treadl works well with other weaving tools by supporting the Weaving Information File (WIF) standard.
This means that if you use Fiberworks, pixeLoom, WeaveIt, or other software for developing your patterns or for interacting with your loom, then Treadl can be used to import and export patterns to easily fit into your workflow.
Found a weaving draft online? Simply import it into your project and continue to edit it.
Treadl supports many of the features you may already be used to (plus some nice extras).
βοΈ Create your drafts using tools such as point draw and line draw.
π¨ Use palettes to edit thread colours. Drag over the colourways to quickly recolour lots of threads in one go.
π Enlarge or shrink your pattern to make it easier to edit in bulk or more precisely.
πΌοΈ Treadl generates previews of your patterns as you edit them to let you identify them easily from the project browser.
π» Access your projects and manage and edit your patterns at any time from anywhere. Patterns in the cloud mean you don't need to carry them around or back them up on USB drives.
π§ We might not have everything you need quite yet, but you can always export your patterns to continue to make changes using another tool and then re-import them at a later time.
We take your security and privacy very seriously. You can confidently use Treadl for storing and backing-up your weaving projects to the cloud.
Everything above and...
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π Quick & easy to use
π€ Friendly and familiar interface
βοΈ In-built pattern-editor
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πΊοΈ Contribute to the roadmap as we develop
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π Hi, I'm Will. I'm the developer behind Treadl!
Treadl is built and maintained by a solo developer as a way to give back to the technology and arts communities. Initially it was built in order to help family weavers organise, store, and share their weaving projects, as well as plan and design new patterns. We thought that all of this could be useful to other people too!
Treadl is free to use, but costs time and money to maintain and run.
If you'd like to, or if you get value from Treadl, you may wish to support the project on Patreon.
Treadl software is free and open-source.
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