Begin one canvas thread in from the bottom left-hand corner and take this over to one thread in from the top right-hand corner of the completed square (i.e. across four threads and up six threads of the canvas).

Return to the bottom edge and make a stitch one thread to the right of the first and one thread to the left of the top edge of the first stitch.

Continue in an anti-clockwise direction around the square fanning the stitches.

The sixth stitch should be from the bottom right-hand corner to the top left-hand corner.

Continue around the square until twelve stitches have been made. The last of these should be from the top right-hand corner to the bottom left-hand corner.

Move to the next square, either below or across. Always work the stitches in the same order and direction, so that the last stitch is always the same.