cross-stitch

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

cross-stitch
    n 1: two stitches forming a cross or X
    2: embroidery done with pairs of stitches that cross each other

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cross-stitch \Cross"-stitch`\ (-st?ch`; 224), n.
   1. A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in
      pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the
      other. "Tent and cross-stitch." --Sir W. Scott. --
      {Cross"-stitch`}, v. t. & i.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. embroidery done in cross-stitch.
      [WordNet 1.5]