STAGGERED CROSS STITCH
The Staggered Cross Stitch is a series of large and small cross stitches. The small cross stitches are worked in between the large ones. This creates an interesting diagonal pattern. Three diagrams have been used to demonstrate this stitch.
Staggered Cross Stitch (Diagram 1):
Bring the needle up at A, move up and to the right over two canvas intersections, bring the needle down at B. Bring the needle up at C, move up and to the left over two canvas intersections, bring the needle down at D. Bring the needle up at E, move up and to the right over two canvas intersections, bring the needle down at F. Bring the needle up at G, move up and to the left over two canvas intersections, bring the needle down at H. Bring the needle up at I, move up and to the right over two canvas intersections, bring the needle down at J. Bring the needle up at K, move up and to the left over two canvas intersections, bring the needle down at L. Now, continue on to Diagram 2...
Staggered Cross Stitch (Diagram 2):
Beginning where we left off at L, bring the needle up at M, move up and to the right over two canvas intersections, bring the needle down at N. Bring the needle up at O, move up and to the left over two canvas intersections, bring the needle down at P. Bring the needle up at Q, move up and to the right over two canvas intersections, bring the needle down at R. Bring the needle up at S, move up and to the left over two canvas intersections, bring the needle down at T. Bring the needle up at U, move up and to the right over two canvas intersections, bring the needle down at V. Bring the needle up at W, move up and to the left over two canvas intersections, bring the needle down at X. Bring the needle up at Y, move up and to the right over two canvas intersections, bring the needle down at Z. Bring the needle up at AA, move up and to the left over two canvas intersections, bring the needle down at BB. Now, continue on to Diagram 3...
Staggered Cross Stitch (Diagram 3):
This is where we add the small cross stitches (illustrated in dark blue). Bring the needle up at A, move up and to the right over one canvas intersection, bring the needle down at B. Bring the needle up at C, move up and to the left over one canvas intersection, bring the needle down at D. Bring the needle up at E, move up and to the right over one canvas intersection, bring the needle down at F. Bring the needle up at G, move up and to the left over one canvas intersection, bring the needle down at H. Continue adding the small cross stitches to the empty spaces in between the larger cross stitches, as illustrated in the above diagram...
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