Which way do you do half stitches?

[megandmog]

When doing half stitches in a piece, which way do you do them? The same as the overlying one on whole stitches or the underlying one?

I go for the same direction as those on top in the whole stitches.

Incidentally, for me that's the one that goes bottom left to top right.

[Cecilia]

I definately do mine to match the top arm of the cross stitch and for me that's bottom right to top left.

[kathryn]

I'd have to agree, matching the top stitch of the full X's

[naystitches]

I've always done them to match the bottom stitch of the full X. I don't like them, though, so I usually avoid them.

[coffee_freak]

i do my full stitches like this / being the bottom and \ being the top..so when I do half stitches I do them / way

[JessicaLeigh]

I do them like this: ////

I'm really used to them at the moment, as I'm doing tent stitching for my HAED.

[Angel]

My half stitches lay the same way as the top of my crosses. For me that's bottom right to top left

[kerbear879]

I've always done them as the same as the bottom of the cross...but haven't done them in ages it seems

[nikecam]

i also do them /// which is the bottom of my regular X. i have never mixed them on one piece though. if i did i think it would be wise to do them to match the top stitch direction. mabel (i think) had an example recently of a tree for a card where she purposely did the tent stitching opposite of the full X and the difference was amazing. you could search her thread for it if someone else can't find the link (like me)!

[helbel]

I do / which matches the top half of my cross stitch.

The most annoying thing is doing / half cross for a while, then starting full crosses again and doing the starting stitch as / instead of \!

[Lessa54]

I match the bottom half of my crosses which is /

[guisoris]

The same for me but I try to avoid them .

[meerkat]

My top arm of my whole stitch goes\ and I nearly came to grief with my SAL 'White Lightening'because of it. Just in time I realised that the half stitches,and there are a lot of them, on that design all go / .. Phew!!! I think alot of half stitches in designs go / Somebunny did too.

[~threadbear~]

Do you know, I can't remember! I'd actually have to go and do some to see which way I do it.

[Granny]

Without looking at the project I can't tell you which way. I know I tried both ways and one certainly looked better with the design than the other so I went that way. So that's what would happen in future. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

[*barb*]

i do them like this -> / like most others here. I dont mind them, actually I fond it means i get more done cause it's only one way. I dont mind backstitch either though so I guess it depends on what you like. I never used to mind french knots but since i discovered seed beads I have become frnch knot lazy

[Mabel Figworthy]

I prefer them to lie in the direction of the top half of my cross stitches (for me that's bottom left to top right), unless I'm aiming for a specific effect (e.g. there's an angel design I do where the wings are in half cross stitch, and I do the two wings in mirror image with the half cross stitches pointing up and out on both wings -- if that makes sense)

[mommy_tl]

my half stitches are done like the bottom of a full stitch.... so they look like this /////////

[Nachstenliebe]

Mine match the bottom of my X... so /. I can't say I ever thought of doing it the other way...
Faith

[MaggieM1750]

I start full stitches in the Bottom Left to Top Right. /// When I have tried it the other way, it just looks backwards to me.
Half Stitches all depend on what looks best for the pattern