The program also lends itself to needlepoint, knitting, and latch hook. Counted cross stitch is a needle craft that has been practiced for centuries. It was brought to this country by the earliest settlers. For those unfamiliar with the craft, it consists of creating pictures on unmarked fabric that is designed especially for the craft. The fabric is usually created of uniform squares of varying sizes.
Patterns indicate specific colors of floss through a series of symbols.
The needlework artist follows the pattern to create the picture on the unmarked fabric. The author is David L. Natwig. For black and white you must have a MacPlus or newer with at least 1 megabyte of memory. For color you must have a Mac II or newer including all 68K and Power PC models with at least 4 megabytes of memory. The program requires system 6.05 or later and is compatable with System 7 and MacOS 8.