#textile

Cross-stitch and embroidery maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically — the design-size, fabric and floss numbers a cross-stitcher, embroidery designer or needlework-shop works a project out with. The design-size endpoint turns a stitch count and a fabric count (stitches per inch) into the finished size: size = stitch count ÷ fabric count, so a 140 × 98 design on 14-count Aida finishes at 10 × 7 inches (25.4 × 17.8 cm), smaller on 18-count and larger on 11-count because a higher count packs more stitches per inch — and it returns the total stitch count (width × height) that drives the floss and the hours. The fabric-needed endpoint adds a margin on every side to give the fabric to cut: design size + twice the margin per dimension, with the usual 3 inches per side for hooping, framing and finishing, so a 10 × 7 design wants a 16 × 13 inch cut. The thread-length endpoint estimates floss from the geometry of a full cross — the front two diagonals plus the back returns is about (2√2 + 2) ÷ fabric count inches per stitch — so 5,000 stitches on 14-count is roughly 1,724 inches, about 44 m, and it estimates the skeins given the number of strands (a 6-strand skein is ~8 m). Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for cross-stitch and embroidery pattern tools, needlework-shop and kit apps, and craft-project calculators. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Floss figures are planning estimates — buy a little extra and dye-lot match. 3 compute endpoints. For sewing yardage use a sewing API; for knitting gauge a knitting API.

api.oanor.com/embroidery-api

Textile-dyeing recipe maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically — the dye, water and auxiliary numbers a dyer weighs out to mix a repeatable dye-bath, whether for a swatch or a full bolt. The dye-weight endpoint gives the dye to weigh = the weight of fabric × the depth of shade, the percentage of dye on the weight of the goods: a 2 % shade on 100 g of fabric is 2 g of dye, pale shades run under half a percent, deep blacks 4 % or more — working on-weight-of-fabric is exactly what makes a recipe scale and repeat. The liquor-ratio endpoint gives the dye-bath volume = the weight of goods in kilos × the liquor ratio, the litres of bath per kilo (a 20:1 ratio is 20 L per kg); lower ratios save water, dye and energy and exhaust deeper, higher ratios level more evenly on delicate or pale work. The auxiliary endpoint gives the salt, soda ash or levelling agent to add = the bath volume × the dosing concentration in grams per litre — salt (50–80 g/L) drives reactive and direct dyes onto cotton, soda ash (10–20 g/L) raises the pH to fix them. Everything is on-weight or per-litre, so the same recipe gives the same colour and chemistry at any scale, and it is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for craft and studio dyers, textile and yarn shops, and dye-recipe and batch-calculator tools. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. 3 compute endpoints. For knitting yardage and gauge use a knitting API; for vegetable-ferment or meat-cure salt a fermentation or curing API.

api.oanor.com/dye-api