Upright Cross Stitch Diagonal Method (Diagram 2):
Bring the needle up at A, move up two canvas threads, bring the needle down at B. Bring the needle up at C, move over to the right two canvas threads, bring the needle down at D. This completes the first Upright Cross Stitch. Now, bring the needle up at E, move up two canvas threads, bring the needle down at F. Now, this is where the Diagonal Method becomes interesting. Instead of completing the Upright Cross Stitch, we will continue working the vertical stitches until this diagonal row is complete. Let me show you... Beginning where we left off at F, bring the needle up at D, move up two canvas threads, bring the needle down at J. Bring the needle up at B, move up two canvas threads, bring the needle down at H. Bring the needle up at I, move over to the right two canvas threads, bring the needle down at J. Bring the needle up at B, move over to the right two canvas threads, bring the needle down at F. Bring the needle up at D, move over to the right two canvas threads, bring the needle down at G. This completes this diagonal row of stitches. All subsequent rows will be worked in the same manner (veritcal stitch first - bottom to top - horizontal stitch second - top to bottom). And, as with the horizontal method, all subsequent rows should be worked into the previous row.
