Press Start stitching on the title card. The first quilt, First Stitches, teaches the rules on small 5x5 patterns, and a short line above the hoop walks you through the first one.
Each number beside a row, or above a column, is a run of stitched squares in that line, in order, with at least one empty square between runs. A 0 means the line has no stitches.
Tap a square to stitch it, and tap a stitched square to unpick it. Switch to Cross to mark squares you know stay empty; crosses are only notes for you.
Press and drag along a row or column to stitch (or cross, or clear) a whole run in one stroke. The first square decides what the stroke does, and a small bubble shows how many squares it covers.
When a row or column matches its counts, its numbers fade. When every one matches, the pattern is finished: the picture fills in with thread colors and joins its quilt.
Stuck? Hint explains the next step in one sentence and highlights the squares; press Do it to fill them in. If any of your marks are wrong, the hint says so first and offers to unpick them.
Controls
Touch: tap a square to stitch or unpick it, and use the Stitch and Cross switch under the hoop to choose what a tap does. Drag along a row or column for a whole run. Undo, Redo, Hint and Quilts sit beside the switch.
Mouse: left click stitches and right click crosses (when the switch is on Cross, they swap). Click and drag for a whole run.
Keyboard: arrow keys move the highlighted square, Space or Enter stitches, X crosses, Backspace clears, Z undoes, Y redoes and H asks for a hint. Every button is reachable with Tab, and Escape closes the quilts.
Toolbar: pause, help, restart (clears the pattern on screen and its clock, and Undo brings it back until your next stroke; records and quilts are never touched), optional sound and fullscreen.
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How to play Little Stitches
A cozy nonogram in a cross-stitch hoop. The counts beside each row and column tell you which squares to stitch, and a finished pattern fills in with thread colors and joins a quilt.
Press Start stitching on the title card. The first quilt, First Stitches, teaches the rules on small 5x5 patterns, and a short line above the hoop walks you through the first one.
Each number beside a row, or above a column, is a run of stitched squares in that line, in order, with at least one empty square between runs. A 0 means the line has no stitches.
Tap a square to stitch it, and tap a stitched square to unpick it. Switch to Cross to mark squares you know stay empty; crosses are only notes for you.
Press and drag along a row or column to stitch (or cross, or clear) a whole run in one stroke. The first square decides what the stroke does, and a small bubble shows how many squares it covers.
When a row or column matches its counts, its numbers fade. When every one matches, the pattern is finished: the picture fills in with thread colors and joins its quilt.
Stuck? Hint explains the next step in one sentence and highlights the squares; press Do it to fill them in. If any of your marks are wrong, the hint says so first and offers to unpick them.
Controls
Touch: tap a square to stitch or unpick it, and use the Stitch and Cross switch under the hoop to choose what a tap does. Drag along a row or column for a whole run. Undo, Redo, Hint and Quilts sit beside the switch.
Mouse: left click stitches and right click crosses (when the switch is on Cross, they swap). Click and drag for a whole run.
Keyboard: arrow keys move the highlighted square, Space or Enter stitches, X crosses, Backspace clears, Z undoes, Y redoes and H asks for a hint. Every button is reachable with Tab, and Escape closes the quilts.
Toolbar: pause, help, restart (clears the pattern on screen and its clock, and Undo brings it back until your next stroke; records and quilts are never touched), optional sound and fullscreen.