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Cross stitch may be worked from right to the left or left to the right and the upper stitch of the Cross can slope in either direction. However, it must lie the same direction throughout. |
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| Bring the thread through at point A and then insert it again at point B (2 thread holes up and 2 thread holes to the left) and bring it out at C (2 thread holes down). Note: the diagram is not to scale and shows a larger number of thread holes than would be present on the Aida - remember 2 holes up and 2 across. |
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| Insert the needle at D (2 thread holes up and 2 thread holes to the left and bring it out at E (2 thread holes down down). |
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| Continue as shown in figure 3. |
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| To complete the upper half of the Cross bring the thread through at I (2 thread holes down) insert the needle at F (2 thread holes up and 2 thread holes to the right, and bring it out of G (2 thread holes down). |
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| Continue to complete the crosses. |
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| The finished effect should like this. |
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| Back stitch is one of the straight stitches and is most often used as an outlining stitch, although it can also form the basis for other decorative stitches. It is one of the main stitches used in black work. | |
| Bring the needle through at A and insert the needle at B. |
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| Bring the needle out at C (the distance between C - A and A - B should be equal). |
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| Re-insert the needle at A,
making sure the needle is inserted exactly in the hole previously
made. |
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| Bring the needle out at D, keeping the distance between D and C, the same as the length of the previous stitches. |
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| Re-insert the needle at C in exactly the same hole as previously made. |
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| Chain stitch can be used an outline stitch or worked in close rows as a filling | |
| Bring the thread through at A,
hold the thread down with the thumb and inset the needle through the
same hold at A. |
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| Bring the needle out at B
and, keeping the thread under the needle point, pull the loop of
thread to form a chain. |
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| Hold the thread down with the thumb and insert the needle down through the same hole at B. |
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| As Fig. 2, bringing the
needle out at C. |
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| Hold the thread down with the
thumb and insert the needle down through the same hole at C.
Continue working stitches in the same way. |
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| Finishing the last loop with a small tying stitch. |
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| Stem stitch is one of the most popular outlining stitches but it is also the stitch most often chosen for working stems of flowers. If a thicker stem stitch is required for a design, make the angle at which the stitch is taken greater | |
| Bring the thread through on the
design line at A and hold it down with the thumb. Insert the needle
at B and bring it out at C, midway between A and B. |
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| Pull the thread through to
se the first stitch. Hold the working thread down with the thumb and
insert the needle at D, bringing it out at B. |
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| Insert the needle at E and
bring it out at D. Continue in this way, making each stitch exactly
the same length. |
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| The effect of the stitch |
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