from Rittenhouse Needlepoint
A recent entry on Rittenhouse Needlepoint‘s Stitch of the Week was Medieval Mosaic (pictured above). One of my favorite stitches. It took me a bit to get the hang of this stitch, but once I did it became one of my favorites.
learn shading with multiple colors in this stitch guide
The stitch is made entirely from straight stitches, four long ones, followed by four short. The tricky thing is that they move in a zig-zag line. I finally figured it out when I isolated one column, stitched it and then moved to the next.
This gives the stitch a neat diagonal feeling, which I exploited for the border of this Tink Boord-Dill tile. Notice how the vertical and horizontal sides have a different feel.
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