Abstract: A canvasworking method is disclosed herein which comprises a procedure by which the entire surface of an open weave material is covered. The method entails the formation of several endways-adjacent stitches in a line along the top of the open weave material, and several endways-adjacent stitches in a line along the bottom of the open weave material and directly underlying the top stitches. The top and bottom stitches each extend between first and second holes in the open weave material. The first and second holes of at least two of the top stitches and of the bottom stitches include at least one hole in the open weave material lying therebetween, such that the stitches extend more than just between adjacent holes. The method is preferably performed by first weaving a strand of material through an open weave material in a first direction forming a line of alternately top and bottom stitches.