Come up at A and insert the needle at B, immediately below A. Form a loop and come up at C, directly below B and inside the loop, draw flat. Insert again at D, pushing the needle very close up into the waist formed by the twisted chain. Looping the thread under the needle come up at E on a straight line below A and draw flat. Continue along the line.

On canvas it would be worked with wool and on evenweave fabric with cottons. Some designs use only tent stitch but there are many other stitches including cross, half cross, gobelin stitches, algerian plaited, byzantine, cashmere, chain, chequer, italian cross stitch, fishbone, diagonal, eastern, fan, fern, florentine, hungarian, jacquard, knitted, knotted, leaf, long, milanese, montenegrin, moorish, parisian, plait, renaissance, rhodes, rice, scottish, shell, star and velvet

All stitches are worked on diagonals following the number sequence as illustrated. The last stitch passes under the last stitch that it crosses rather than over it as shown. The blocks can be worked in different sizes but must be over an odd number of threads. Sometimes know as waffle stitch.

The area to be covered is outlined in backstitch with one strand of floss. Bring the needle to the front of the work and lay a thread across the fabric. Work across the laid thread as illustrated and repeat across each row without going through the fabric.
Also known as hollie-point, holy point and point lace.