iWeaveIt app for iPhone and iPad

Im new both to weaving and to iWeavIt. I was having a lot of trouble understanding the relationships between the tie-up, the weft and the warp. Using squared paper and colored pencils was consuming way too much time (and paper) to see what effect one small change would have on the pattern. By playing with iWeavIt, its much easier to experiment and to eventually comprehend the process. I really appreciate the library of drafts provided on the web site; theres some beautiful patterns there. Once I successfully weave something, Ill submit another review. Thanks, folks!

Ive just spent the evening in my comfortable chair "playing" with pattern and colour ideas. What a treat. I must admit Im glad I have a stylus to make it easier to tap in threading, treadling and colour choices. Im new to the iPad world and its wonderful to have a good, portable and affordable weaving program I can use to work out my weaving thoughts. iWeaveIt is a well thought out program for the iPad platform.

Wow, I love this App. I saw it recently at a Lace weaving workshop I was at recently. I immediately bought it on my iPhone and played with it for a week, when my husband bought me an iPad so I could use it to its fullest.

I really enjoy this little weaving program. I have had Fiberworks and was reluctant to change when I got my ipad a few years ago. However, with the upgrades over the past years it has become my favourite go to weaving program. Love it. Mary

Full disclosure: I am an iOS developer. With the update to iOS 8, Apple changed how iCloud documents are stored. They are now stored in "iCloud Drive" which is a document storage system that will work seamlessly across different platforms including macOS. Unfortunately, Apple did *not* include automatic migration of older files from the "iCloud Documents" system to the "iCloud Drive" system. Consequently, in order to migrate users to the new system, each developer must decide on how to do this. With iWeaveIt, the way the developers chose to approach the issue was to mark the old files as read-only. When you save changes to those files, it will *only* save to "WeaveIt Drive" (or locally). Additionally, the devs chose to leave your old files where they were and not move any to the new system without you actively choosing to do so. Likely, this was for performance reasons since if you have a lot of patterns then trying to automatically move them would make the app appear to freeze as it tries to move a lot of data. Unfortunately, this is confusing (and Ive docked the app one star for this reason) though I am not sure what a better design would be. Personally, I know how challenging it can be for a small company to balance great performance and an intuitive UI, so Im not complaining too much. ;) Im delighted to see that the team is taking a proactive approach to managing this change and I really like how nicely it integrates with the Mac version of the app. (Using iCloud Drive allows me to pull up designs Ive been working on while at home and play with them on the bus.) Message to the developers: Please consider adding in a mechanism for users to batch migrate their files and remove them from the older read-only file system. Apple has a history of deciding (somewhat arbitrarily in my opinion) that it will stop supporting older technology and then giving you two months over the summer (when my kids are out of school and I would rather be camping) to support the new version of iOS before all your users upgrade their phones.

Are you kidding??? I just downloaded version 3.2.8 with its "major change to support iCloud Drive". The first thing it tells me to do is to resave all my drafts stored in iCloud so that I dont lose them. Save them one by one. All 97. Each time I open a draft and try to resave it, it either doesnt resave or the app crashes. This update needs some serious tweaking! (The App Store wouldnt let me post without giving it at least one star. Believe me, it needs negative stars at this point.)

I dont know what the developers were thinking in releasing this update! I cant change anything in iCloud (every draft name begins with "Read-Only"). Ive always saved to iCloud, and Ive never had a problem. And "Edit" is grayed out, so I cant create new folders or collections or anything, or save to iCloud. Please fix!!

5 stars again for the upgrade pack. Everything I wanted was included! I use this app all the time... Love the print capabilities and ease of use.

I was a bit lost trying to adjust an overshot pattern in Handwoven magazine to narrower width and fewer repeats, and this app really helped me comprehend which threadings/treadlings to repeat to get my desired finished piece. Very helpful to gain better understanding of a structure. App was pretty straightforward to learn, and just the right amount of helps in the right places. Ill for sure have to try out the treadle tracker (bummer have to purchase separately). App can be used for designing, too. Love that I can import WIF files from the web, notably from handweaving.net; Im sure there are many more sites I havent yet discovered. Helpful PDF user guide on their website - I downloaded it into my iBooks App for easy reference.

The first time you use it, you will create a new fabric. How fun is that? So easy and so fun! And, dont forget to get the add-on.

I would be lost without this awesome app. The treadle tracker is the greatest upgrade also!!