Program for creating patterns for beads. Jbead is an excellent program for creating knitted ropes

Online editor CrochetBeadPaint allows you to draw and edit patterns for knitted harnesses in .jbb and .dbb format, similar in its capabilities to the program JBead, with innovations in the form of:

Drawing lines
- Drawing rectangles
- Select, copy and move options
- Possibility of parsing a raster image (picture) into a diagram
- Ability to export a raster image from a diagram
- 3D view of the diagram

This web application allows you to import diagrams from *.jbb and *.dbb formats and also export to these formats and to a raster image (picture) *.png. No need to install it! All work is carried out directly on the site!

Full operation of the application is possible in browsers: Firefox version 27 and higher, Chrome version 31 and higher.

To get started, you need to register (click on the “register” button). After correctly filling out all the fields, you will receive a confirmation email to the specified email. By clicking on the link, you will confirm your account and can start working.

Dictation CrochetBeadReader- application for playing .dbb and .jbb files.

Suitable for reading diagrams with more than 10 colors! Makes setting beads for strands 100% easier!

Programs for working with beads

1. "DB-BEAD" - a program for creating patterns in strands (beading)

As an example: the figure eight in the upper right corner is an indication of how many beads are on the rope. Number 32 is the number of beads in the repeat. We collect beads: 9 blue, 2 yellow, 2 blue, 2 yellow, 2 blue, 3 yellow, etc.

2. "BeadsWicker"

A program for creating patterns for beading, knitting and embroidery. This is the only program designed for us bead weavers. The program allows you to create diagrams from ready-made images in BMP, JPEG, GIF formats, and also has a standard set of graphics editor tools. You can create patterns in the style of weaving, mosaic weaving and openwork patterns. The diagram can be displayed, depending on the material, in rectangles or ellipses (circles). The finished diagram can be printed, including color symbols, or saved as a drawing. Correct display of the pattern is achieved by setting the size of the beads or loops.
Convenient, compact program, has cellular and mosaic grids. A convenient and short way to import a picture with a preview of the picture when selecting it. The program has a minimal set of functions - everything is only the most necessary. It's a pity that there is no function for rotating and mirroring elements, but otherwise everything is very nice. I recommend it to all users.

3. "DB-BEAD"

The "DB-BEAD" program is indispensable when creating patterns for tightly woven ropes - mosaic, tapestry, ndebele, knitted ropes. For knitting strands with a pattern, using this program is generally a complete joy. Extremely simple for the user, has a minimum set of the most necessary functions. I recommend it to all knitters. The program is free.

4. "Beads with MyJane"

The program "Beads with MyJane" is designed to create patterns for working with beads from existing images (photos). The program automatically converts images into bead patterns based on the specified color palette and selected design format ("loom", "brick", etc.). It is also possible to independently create a design from scratch. The resulting design diagrams can be viewed on the screen, exported to PDF format (Adobe Reader) for subsequent printing or distribution, and output as a graphic file (jpg, png, bmp).

Detailed information about the program. You can also download it there.

5. "Bead Helper"

The program is designed for drawing up diagrams and saving them into bmp files. You can upload a bmp drawing and colorize your template in accordance with the downloaded drawing. You can automatically create matrices for fabric and cross weaving, and it is also possible to set any other arrangement of beads.
The program is very crude and stuck at the beta testing stage. However, it is quite suitable for use.

Programs for working with beads

1. "DB-BEAD" - a program for creating patterns in strands (beading)

2. "BeadsWicker"

3. "DB-BEAD"

4. "Beads with MyJane"

Detailed information about the program. You can also download it there.

5. "Bead Helper"

I have been interested in handicrafts since childhood, and constantly learn new materials and techniques. And since beadwork occupies a large part among them, I try to keep abreast of all the news in this area.

For a very long time I had my eye on crocheted ropes, but since I had never crocheted before, it seemed to me that mastering this technique was not so easy. In addition, almost all the craftswomen recommended the DB-bead program for developing patterns, and it was made exclusively for Windows.

Since I had no desire to use a virtual machine, I started looking for alternative high-quality programs and came across the Jbead program. I must say, her ratings were even better than those of DB-bead. Although, in my opinion, she looks exactly the same.

Unlike DB-bead, Jbead has not yet been translated into Russian, so I would like to clarify some points for those who have not yet used such programs. Circumference is the width of the rope, that is, the number of beads that fit into one circle. You can change this amount by going to Pattern > Width.

On the left is a square field on which you will draw your pattern. In the middle is how it will look when the beads are shifted during knitting. And on the right is how it will look on the finished harness. When you have already drawn your pattern, in addition to the width, the program will display the required number of beads of a particular color, as well as the number of beads in a repeating fragment.

The List of beads shows in what order you need to string the beads on the thread. When I knitted, I started stringing beads, starting with the lowest bead. But you can try from the top one too. By the way, to calculate the length of the thread with beads, you need to use the following scheme: DN=J*BK, where DN is the length of the thread on which the beads need to be strung, J is the length of the finished strand, and BC is the number of beads in the circle.

After mastering Jbead, I chose an interesting pattern for myself, strung beads and mastered the technique of knitting a rope with a half-column. Here's the start of my work:

And very soon my first knitted rope will be ready. In my opinion, Jbead is a very convenient and useful program for any needlewoman working on a Mac. You can download Jbead absolutely free, and then start mastering a new technique. If you have any questions, I will be happy to answer them!

From this article you will learn how to make patterns for bead strands in the DB-BEAD program and how to read the diagrams for setting beads on a thread in it,

Let's take my old harness with stars as an example; it was connected exactly according to the diagram created in DB-BEAD program. I found this pattern on an old version of a German site for knitting with beads. Now, at the new address, all patterns there are available only to registered users, and only addresses from Western Europe are registered :(

the diagram looked like this

It’s easy to draw similar patterns yourself by downloading the program from the link www.brunoldsoftware.ch/dbb.html
to download English version there you need to click on the words Download DB-BEAD

Unfortunately, the program is only in German or English, but at random it’s quite easy to master everything :)

Now the main points of working with this program (English version):

The program window looks like this:

- the number of beads in the base of the strand can be selected by clicking in the top menu Pattern, and then Width
- by clicking on the palette, select what color to draw with, by double-clicking the mouse you can open an additional palette and assign a different color to the button from the menu
- then click with the mouse on the cells of the middle column and they are painted with the selected color, if you click on the cell with the same color a second time, the cell will be empty again
- in the narrow right column you can see what our future harness looks like, using the arrows from the top menu you can rotate this column left/right
- to the right of the columns with the pattern, as you draw, colored cubes with numbers next to them will appear, this is the order of the beads on the knitting thread, the color of the cube - what color the beads are, the number to the right of it is the number of such beads
- if the pattern set consists of several vertical rows (as in a rope with stars), then we collect beads from top to bottom each row, when everything is typed, we return to the first row and repeat the set again and so on until the desired length of the rope
- you can save the drawn pattern only in this program, or copy the screen using “printscreen”
- what the left column is for - it’s a mystery shrouded in darkness :))) no one uses it

Addition! kind people in the comments suggested that it’s easy to draw solid lines in the left column, I just tried it, it’s really faster and more convenient to draw there - I clicked on the dot and pulled, a line is immediately drawn, and then it’s easy to erase this line - press the button with a cross, Poke at the beginning of the drawn line and hold down the mouse and drag, the line is erased, super! So, together we will learn all the “secrets of the Madrid court”

If you are too lazy to draw your own patterns, there is a wonderful library with ready-made free patterns www.beaddust.de/haekeln/haekeln.html
there we click on the round buttons and select patterns on the topics “graphic”, “flora”, “fauna”, “miscellaneous”, but, like free cheese in a mousetrap, this library has a catch, some patterns have errors (sometimes there is no need read the numbers before the first cube or a discrepancy in the pattern when moving to the next row), the owner of the library advises checking the selected pattern on a small sample; if everything turns out beautifully, then you can already collect beads for the entire strand.

It’s easy to calculate how many beads to put on a rope for a thread - if we knit a rope with 8 beads in a circle, then for a rope 40 cm long we will need to cast 8 x 40 = 320 cm

Well, that seems to be it :)
success!