I tried a few times to use Pattern Keeper, but it just frustrated me and seemed to make things more confusing so I never did really get into it. Does it really make things alot easier?
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I don't think it's necessary for smaller patterns like the ones you've mostly been doing so far. Mostly I just do those by looking at the PDF on my phone while stitching.
But when you get into the big full coverage things (my main project in there has over 100k stitches and a LOT of confetti) it's honestly invaluable for most of us who try it.
Still, each to their own and all that. But if you do use it, back up your progress lol ๐
I have some full coverage patterns I'm working up the courage to try, maybe I should give pattern keeper another go when I start working on one of them lol
Been there. Once I overwrote my SAL progress. I had to fill in everything from scratch. Good thing I did it at the start of the new page so I could just fill in all of the previous one.
That taught me how to easily fill large areas in PK... and to backup
Oof! Incredibly luck to do it at such a convenient point, phew.
@thegiddystitcher I have trust issues with anything that involves putting large amount of data into a phone app, a lot of them don't properly support backups/export.
I dutifully catalogued all of my acrylic paints at one point, but then needed to reset my phone and was annoyed that there was no way to export or backup the data (Even the full phone app backup lacked it). So I went back to a Cloud based spreadsheet.
@bitflipped Definitely with you there! In this case the app in question actually has a pretty good export / backup process but I just got complacent and didn't use it enough. Worked out ok in the end but it very nearly didn't and my lesson is learned! ๐ฌ
All of Google's apps allow you to easily import and export.
@LemmyIsFantastic Well as soon as Google create an app specifically designed for people who like to paint small plastic war dollies then I'll be sure to download it :D
I'm the same way with cross stitch supplies. There are plenty mobile apps, but I so do not want to lose a meticulously categorised list of hundreds of colours of embroidery floss. So spreadsheet it is!
They can store your assets. It's called drive. The product OP is discussing and commented on.