Crossed buttonhole and half chevron

So I am keeping up with TAST and this week was half Chevron and last week was crossed buttonhole stitch.

 I did the border of the piece with variations of crossed buttonhole which took me a while to figure out.







 Even then I was not happy with it as it became very uneven and to be honest a bit ugly, especially with the close up photos

 I will live with it but I think its a stitch I will avoid in the future 

I will be adding French knots to all 4 borders

This is what it looks like with all 4 borders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This week's stitch was half chevron stitch.  Again I had difficulty to visualising this stitch but the outcome I was really happy with.   I think I will explore this a bit more before the next stitch