Filet Crochet Software Tips

These are a few cool tips that we have collected as we use and improve the software. If you have any that you'd like to share, send them to Janet!

Tip 1: Copy one pattern to another.

Follow these steps:

Open the pattern from which you want to copy
From the floating Toolbox, click the select button
Using the mouse, select the area of the pattern you want to copy
Click the copy button in the Toolbox
Open the pattern to which you want to copy into
Click the paste button in the Toolbox
Using the mouse, drag the pasted pattern section to where you want

Tip 2: Make name doily patterns.

You can make name doilies using any font on your PC. Follow these steps:

From the floating Toolbox, click the Create Text button
The Create Text dialog box will display
Type your text in the "Enter Text" field. As you enter your text, the text will display in the Preview area.
Click the Font button to display the Font dialog box. Choose the font you want and the text in the Preview area will change to the new font.
Once you are happy with the font selection, click OK. The text will appear in your pattern
Using theft left mouse button, move the text to the location you want on the pattern
Print your pattern
Display the instruction page
Print the instruction page (this instruction page calculates the number of chains to get you started)

Tip 3: Convert any bitmap file (.bmp) file into a Filet Crochet pattern.

To create a pattern from a bitmap (.bmp) simply open the bmp file in Filet Crochet. For best results, first convert your bitmap to a black and white image. If you open your bitmap file in Paint, Select Image->Attributes, and select Black and White. Here are the instructions on how to open a bitmap file in Filet Crochet:

Select Open under the File menu
For "List of files of type:" select "Bitmap Files (*.bmp)"
Select the bmp file and click OK

Tip 4: Convert clip-art to a Filet Crochet pattern.

You can convert you favorite clip-art to a pattern. We've prepared a page all about it. See how>>