Definitions for "Cross-stitch"
A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other.
embroidery done in cross-stitch.
This refers both to the craft itself and to the type of stitch. There are 2 fundamental ways of sewing cross stitch: the Danish method - also called "here and there", where one completes a line of half stitches and then returns to complete the X; and the more traditional method where each cross is completed before starting the next one.