Reversible Cross Stitch

The reversible cross stitch produces a cross stitch on the back of your material.

Normally stitched on evenweave, the effect is a small dot of colour seen through the hole of the material.

Normally this stitch has one normal cross stitch followed by a reversible stitch, creating a cross-dot-cross-dot effect.

The row of reversible cross stitch produces a vertical stitch at the end and this cannot be avoided.

If stitched on Aida, the result id a gap the size of one stitch size between the stitches on the front
The stitch is made by stitching the first diagonal as normal, but instead of a vertical stitch on the back, a diagonal of the other direction is made.

This brings the needle through the material in the perfect place for the next stitch.

In essence this gives a zig zag stitch with half the zig zag on the back of the material.

At the end of the row you stitch a vertical stitch and return down the row in the same manner but stitching the other diagonal on the front.

The resultant is a row of cross stitches of every other one on the front and the same on the back.

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