Square 1

The upright cross stitch forms a border around the center waffle stitch. In this lesson you'll learn about using an away waste knot, stitching with pearl cotton, empty holes and shared holes, wrapping the thread under the canvas, and ending a thread on the back of the canvas.

A Jessica stitch is a "string art" type stitch, very decorative, but can be a bit tricky. This stitch is between the waffle stitch and the upright cross stitches.

A Scotch stitch is a type of satin stitch. Scotch stitches are diagonal stitches of increasing and decreasing lengths. The stitches share holes so they are very close together.

A Smyrna cross is an excellent border or filling stitch in counted canvas. It's basically a cross stitch with an upright cross stitch on top. Because it has two parts, it's easy to stitch each part with a different thread.

Oriental stitch is not a single stitch, but a pattern composed of two satin stitches, Milanese and gobelin. These are workhorse stitches that are used a lot in counted canvas. The oriental stitch pattern is effective stitched with a single color, but you can really see the pattern when you stitch the two parts in different colors.

This lesson focuses on executing a basic cross stitch with consistency.

This lesson focuses on stitching cross stitches in rows rather than each one complete, and compensating the layers.