Fig. 293. First half of the first journey and auxiliary stitch for returning.
Having reached the last stitch, draw out your thread in the middle of it, make an auxiliary diagonal stitch downwards to the right, bring the needle up in the middle of the last stitch, take it thence, upwards to the left, across two threads, and begin the return journey, from right to left, crossing and thus completing the first row of stitches. In the auxiliary stitch with which you begin the backward journey, the thread lies double on both sides. Fig. [295] shows how to pass down to the next row.
Fig. 294. One journey and first half of the second finished, and auxiliary stitch leading to the second return.
Fig. 295. The two journeys to and fro, completing one row of cross stitch, both sides alike.
Two-sided marking stitch (figs. [296] and [297]). The above mode of working two-sided cross stitch cannot be applied to letters, or patterns in broken lines, which both consist chiefly of isolated stitches. Figs. [296] and [297] explain the course of the stitches in embroidery of this kind.
Fig. 296. Two-sided marking stitch. Different positions of the needle.