43I want to import my own pattern PDFs

Add PDFs from your device, email, or other apps into Stash2Go

Before you start
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Bring one in from the Pattern Explorer
Pattern Explorer My PDFs tab with Add Pattern PDF button

Open the Pattern Explorer from Tools and go to the My PDFs tab. Tap Add Pattern PDF. From there you can look through the files on your device, or paste in a web address. The file lands in your own PDF library, beside the patterns you bought on Ravelry.

Tip: On iPhone, iPad and Android, an imported PDF stays on that device. To reach it from another one, open its menu in My PDFs and tap Back up to cloud. Then tap Download to device wherever you want it next. On the web it uploads straight away, because there is no device to keep it on.
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Add a PDF
Add Pattern PDF dialog with options to import from device or URL

Choose From Device or From URL. Give the PDF a name, pick the file, and tap Add. You can also send one over from any other app: open a PDF in Mail, Files or Safari, and share it to Stash2Go.

Tip: Sharing from email is the easy way to handle a pattern that arrived as an attachment. Tap the PDF, then share it to Stash2Go.
3
Attach it to a project
Link Existing PDF dialog showing available PDFs to connect to the project

Open a project's PDF tab and tap Link Existing PDF to attach one you have already imported. It then sits in that project, ready while you work. You can also add a new PDF from the project itself.

Making a project: Start a Project.
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Read it with the Smart Reader
Imported PDF open in the PDF Viewer with Bobbin assistant providing pattern advice

An imported PDF gets everything the Smart Reader does: reading guides, marked-out charts, row counting and notes. You can also ask Bobbin about the pattern while you read it.

All the Smart Reader tools: Smart Pattern Reader.
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Where your PDFs are kept
Pattern Explorer showing an imported PDF in the My PDFs library

Everything you import shows up in the My PDFs tab of the Pattern Explorer. Each one has a chip saying where it is: Device, On another device, or linked. Its menu offers Back up to cloud, Download to device, Remove from device, Remove cloud backup and Delete PDF. Taking it off the device is safe once it is backed up. Deleting the PDF takes your notes and markings with it.

Available on iPhone, iPad, Android, and web at app.stash2go.com

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