Smocking Plate Designer

English Smocking

File Options

Print & Export

Selection

Copy & Paste

Erase

Stitch Tools

Trellis steps:

Grid Setup

Pleats

Rows

Pleat width

Row height

Display

Tool: —

100%

DMC Thread Color

DMC 304 — Medium Christmas Red

Pleats: 100 Rows: 10 Pleat width: 8 px Row height: 40 px

Quick Reference

Stitch Tools

Up Cable	Joins two adjacent pleats with thread placed above the pleating row. Single click on a valley point.
Down Cable	Joins two adjacent pleats with thread placed below the pleating row. Single click on a valley point.
Outline	A cable-style stitch where the thread consistently stays above the pleating row. / stitch angle. Single click on a valley point.
Stem	A cable-style stitch where the thread consistently stays below the pleating row. \ stitch angle. Single click on a valley point.
Wave	Click once to set the start point, single click to place wave stitch only, double click to place wave and next cable.
Trellis	Adjust step count in the Stitches menu. Click once to set the start point, single click to place trellis stitches only, double click to place trellis stitches and next cable.

Keyboard Shortcuts

⌘S	Save file (as JSON)
⌘Z	Undo
⌘⇧Z / ⌘Y	Redo
⌘A	Select all stitches
⌘C	Copy selection
⌘V	Paste — then click canvas to place
⌘X / Delete	Erase selected stitches
Esc	Cancel paste / clear selection

Grid Setup

Pleats	Number of pleat across the fabric width (4–200).
Rows	Number of pleating rows between the two holding rows (2–40).
Pleat width	Horizontal spacing between pleats in pixels. Larger values spread the design out.
Row height	Vertical spacing between pleating rows in pixels. Larger values increase the depth of each row.