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Briana K Designs

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Phone, tablet, or computer

by Briana K Designs

No app store•No download•About 20 seconds
I have an unlock code

Your purchase came with two things: the pattern PDF, ad free and yours to keep, and an unlock code, which adds the pattern to your shelf in the app.

  1. Go to stitch.brianakdesigns.com in any web browser, on your phone, tablet or computer.
  2. Press Create an account. It is free. Your account holds your patterns and remembers which row you were on. Already have one? Just sign in instead.
  3. Once you are signed in, enter your code in either place: on Home, press Add code and the box opens, or go to Library and type it into the code box. Then press Redeem.
  4. The pattern lands on your shelf under Library. It stays there for good.

No code? You do not need one to install the app or to use the free tools. Just follow the steps below.

Open the App

Opens in your browser. Then follow the steps for your device below.

Download these instructions as a PDF

Coming from Instagram

Two extra taps and you're back on track. Facebook, Pinterest, and email work the same way.

Tapping a link inside Instagram opens it in Instagram's own little browser. It looks like a browser, but it can't install anything. You need to hand the page over to Safari first.

  1. Tap the three dots in the top right corner, then tap Open in external browser. Not the X. The X just closes the page and drops you back into your feed.
    The Instagram in app browser with the three dots circled in the top right and Open in external browser circled in the menu below it
    Three dots, then the first option in the menu
  2. The page reopens in Safari. You'll see a little Instagram arrow in the top left corner, which is how you know it worked. If you'd rather not do this every time, save the link in your notes or bookmarks and open it from there instead.
  3. Open the Safari menu and tap Share. If your Safari shows a Share button right in the address bar, tap that instead and skip ahead.
    Safari opened from Instagram with the browser menu showing and Share circled at the top of the list
    Share sits at the top of that menu
  4. From here it's the regular iPhone steps: View More, then Add to Home Screen, then Add.

On Android

Same idea. Tap the three dots in Instagram's browser and choose Open in Chrome or Open in external browser, then follow the Android steps.

Which one am I?

iPhone or iPad is anything Apple that you hold in your hands. Android phone is a Samsung, a Google Pixel, a Motorola, or most others. Windows computer is a laptop or desktop that is not an Apple. Apple computer is a MacBook or an iMac.

If you got here by tapping a link inside Instagram or Facebook, follow the Instagram steps first. The app installs from your browser, not an app store, and it is free.

iPhone & iPad

Six steps in Safari. Step three is the one nearly everybody misses.

  1. Open the app link in Safari, the blue compass icon that came with your iPhone. Wait for the sign in page to load. Copy the link and paste it into Safari. Don't tap it from inside Instagram or your email.
  2. Tap the Share button, the little square with an arrow coming out the top. It sits at the right end of the address bar. If your address bar is at the bottom of the screen, the Share button is down there in the middle instead.
    The Briana K Designs login page open in Safari with the Share button circled at the right end of the address bar
    This is the page you want. Share button, circled, top right.
  3. Tap View More, the round button with the down arrow. Here's the one that trips everybody up. The menu opens short, and Add to Home Screen isn't in the short version. Tap View More first.
    The row of round buttons in the share menu with View More circled at the far right
    Far right of the round buttons
  4. Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen. It's below Print, in the second group of options.
    The expanded share menu with Add to Home Screen circled below the Print option
    Keep scrolling. It sits under Print.
  5. Leave Open as Web App switched on, then tap Add in the top right corner. That green switch is what makes it open full screen instead of dumping you back into Safari. You can rename it here too.
    The Add to Home Screen dialog showing the app name, the Open as Web App switch turned on, and the Add button, both circled
    Switch on, then Add. That's the last tap.
  6. Close Safari. The icon is on your home screen.
    An iPhone home screen with the Briana K app icon circled in the top left position
    New icons land on your last home screen page, so swipe over if you don't spot it.

Which browser works

SafariYes, always. This is the one we recommend. ChromeYes on newer iPhones, same Share button. EdgeYes on newer iPhones, same Share button. InstagramNo. It opens a mini browser with no install option.

Android

Three taps, and Android often offers to do it for you.

  1. Open the app link in Chrome, the round icon with red, yellow, green and blue.
  2. Watch for a bar that slides up saying Install app. If you see it, tap it and skip to the last step. If you closed that bar once already, it may not come back. Use the next step instead.
  3. Tap the three dots in the top right corner, then scroll down to Install and create shortcut.
    The Chrome menu on Android with Install and create shortcut circled near the bottom
    Below Show Reading mode, above Desktop site
  4. Tap Install.
    The Install app confirmation box on Android with the Install button circled
    Check that it says Briana K Designs, then tap Install
  5. The icon is on your home screen and in your app drawer. On Android it sits alongside your store apps, so you can also find it by searching your phone.
    An Android home screen with the Briana K app icon circled in the top left position
    Done. It behaves like any other app from here.

Other browsers

ChromeThree dots, top right, then Install and create shortcut SamsungThe install icon in the address bar, or the menu lines at the bottom right, then Add page to, then Home screen Edge, BraveThe menu, then Add to phone or Add to Home screen FirefoxThree dots, then Install

Windows PC

It becomes a real program in your Start menu with its own window.

  1. Open the app link in Chrome or Edge.
  2. Look at the right end of the address bar for the small install icon. It's a little monitor with an arrow pointing down into it. Click it, then click Install. It sits just left of the star. The star only bookmarks the page. No install icon at all? Click the three dots at the top right. In Chrome go to Cast, save and share, then Install page as app. In Edge go to Apps, then Install this site as an app.
    The Chrome address bar with the install icon circled, just left of the bookmark star
    Same icon in Chrome on any computer
  3. It opens in its own window with no address bar, and you'll find it in the Start menu from then on. Right click it in the Start menu and choose Pin to taskbar to keep it handy.

Mac

Two ways to do it. Safari is quicker, Chrome takes one extra drag.

Safari, the easy way

Goes straight into your Dock. If you do not see Add to Dock in the File menu, your Mac is older. Use the Chrome steps below instead.

  1. Open the app link in Safari.
    The Briana K Designs login page open in Safari on a Mac with the Share button circled in the top right of the toolbar
    Start from the Share button here, or the File menu next. Either works.
  2. Click File in the menu bar at the very top of your screen, then click Add to Dock. That's the menu bar along the top edge of the whole screen, not anything inside the Safari window.
    The Safari File menu open with File circled in the menu bar and Add to Dock circled in the list
    Under Export as PDF, above Import Browsing Data
  3. Check the name, then click Add. The name is already selected, so you can type straight over it.
    The Add to Dock dialog showing the app name and address with the Add button circled
    Done. The icon is in your Dock.

Chrome or Edge

Same result, but it gets filed in a folder first, so there's a drag at the end.

  1. Open the app link in Chrome.
  2. Click the install icon at the right end of the address bar. It's the little monitor with an arrow pointing down into it. It sits just left of the star. The star only bookmarks the page.
    The Chrome address bar with the install icon circled, just left of the bookmark star
    Monitor with a down arrow, not the star beside it
  3. Click Install.
    The Install app box on a Mac with the Install button circled
    Check that it says Briana K Designs, then Install
  4. It opens in its own window, and a copy gets filed in Launchpad inside a folder called Chrome Apps. That folder is why it feels like the app vanished. It didn't. It's tucked one level down.
    The Chrome Apps folder open in Launchpad with Briana K Designs.app circled inside it
    Open Launchpad, then open Chrome Apps
  5. To keep it handy, drag the icon out of that folder and drop it on your Dock. Drop it wherever you want it along the bar. The other icons slide over to make room.
    A Mac Dock with the Briana K app icon circled, sitting between Finder and the other apps
    One click from anywhere, forever after

Chromebook & tablets

  • Chromebooks follow the Windows steps exactly.
  • Android tablets follow the Android steps.
  • iPads follow the iPhone steps, except the Share button sits in the top right corner of the screen.

Something's Off

Nine times out of ten it's one of these.

I don't see Add to Home Screen anywhere

On an iPhone, you probably haven't tapped View More yet. The share menu opens in a short version that leaves the install option out. Tap the round View More button with the down arrow, then scroll down.

If you've done that and it's still missing, you're in a mini browser. Tapping a link inside Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, or an email app opens a stripped down browser that can't install anything. to hand the page over to Safari.

I'm on an iPhone and it's still not showing up

Private browsing hides the option. Close your private tab, open a normal one, and go to the link again.

It is also worth checking you are in Safari, the blue compass icon, and not a different browser that came on the phone.

I tapped the icon and got a blank white screen

The page hadn't finished loading when you installed it. Press and hold the icon, delete it, then go back to the link in your browser, let it load all the way, and add it again.

Will it use up my storage or my data

Barely any storage. It's a fraction of the size of a normal app. It needs internet the first time you open it, and after that most of it keeps working offline.

If you don't open it for several weeks, your phone may quietly clear the saved files. The icon stays put and it reloads the next time you tap it.

How do I get updates, and how do I remove it

Updates happen on their own. Open it while you're connected to wifi and you have the newest version. Nothing to check, nothing to download.

To remove it, press and hold the icon and choose Delete, exactly like any other app. On a computer, right click it in your Start menu or Dock and remove it there.

My progress or my saved projects disappeared

Your work saves to the copy you installed. If you added the app twice from two different browsers, you now have two separate icons that don't talk to each other. Delete the one you're not using.

Clearing your browser history or site data can also wipe saved progress, so avoid the Clear all option while you're mid project.

Cheers!
Briana K,
Crochet Designer | Entrepreneur
www.brianaKdesigns.com