Abstract: A method of hand-forming needlework patterns in a woven base fabric of the type having spaced, orthogonal thread groups, each including floating threads, some or all of which are removed from the base fabric to form additional openings, cooperating with those originally present in the base fabric, providing rows and columns of spaced openings. A needle threaded with a pattern thread is passed, and the thread drawn, alternately upwardly and downwardly through selected ones of the openings in a single row, and thereafter in additional rows, parallel to the first row, to form a complete design.