Diagonal needlepoint stitches

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Diagonal Mosaic Stitch is always one of the first decorative stitches we recommend learning. It is made up of alternating stitches over two canvas threads and over one. When you start your second row, you will find that your stitches over two meet up with stitches over one on the diagonal- and vice versa. If you're loo

If you're a fan of Diagonal Scotch Stitch, you'll love today's featured stitch: The Hesitation Stitch. It's very similar to Diagonal Scotch, however it is worked with two different threads.

This blog post will cover compensating diagonal stitches at a straight edge. The next post will cover compensating diagonal stitches at a curved edge. I am going to use the Diagonal Scotch Stitch as my example for Diagonal Stitch Compensation, but there is nothing special about this stitch and the information is applicable to diagonal stitches (on the true diagonal) in general. Let’s look at the Diagonal Scotch Stitch: Diagonal Scotch Stitch The gray lines on the right hand side and along…

Learn how to create the Herringbone Stitch in needlepoint with this step-by-step tutorial. This tutorial will help you master this beautiful needlepoint technique.

Once again we are doing two stitches this week. The first was one that I hesitated to do since I figured that most of the class would be familiar with the stitch -- Diagonal Cashmere. As it turned out, the class was very enthusiastic about learning this stitch and it is indeed a hard stitch not to like. It's tremendously useful -- making a great background and covering large areas of canvas relatively quickly. To begin working Diagonal Cashmere, start stitching at the upper left hand corner…