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Below are some stitch diagrams, for ones I have used on this website.  Refer to the recommended books on the PULLED THREAD WORK page for more stitch diagrams.  I see no need to repeat work that others have already done.  The ones below will get you started.  I have recommended the working direction, and this is based on a right handed person.  Using my recommendation for direction will give you the most natural and easiest hand movements, without strain.

Outline Stitches
Chain stitch		http://inaminuteago.com/stitchdict/stitch/Chain.html
Coral knot stitch                           bk		Work right to left.  The tiny vertical stitch goes into the fabric. http://inaminuteago.com/stitchdict/stitch/coral.html
Danish knot stitch		Work from top down.  There will be a tiny diagonal stitch on the reverse side of the fabric.
Palestrina knot stitch		Work left to right. Only the vertical stitch on the far left pierces the fabric.  The rest of the stitches slide behind the diagonal stitch, but do not pierce the cloth.
Hungarian chain stitch       bk		Work from the top down.
Long arm cross stitch, also called plaited slav stitch or long legged cross stitch		http://inaminuteago.com/stitchdict/stitch/cross-longarm.html Work left to right.
Sorbello stitch                         bk		Work left to right.
Whipped running stitch or whipped back stitch - 3 rows		http://inaminuteago.com/stitchdict/stitch/running-whiped.html http://www.needlenthread.com/2006/06/basic-embroidery-stitches-line-stitches.html
Raised chain band		Work top down.  *
Pulled Stitches		These are only some of the pulled stitches.  My white sampler has over 110 variants.
Wave stitch family
Wave stitch		Work right to left.
Reverse wave stitch		Work left to right.
Four sided stitch family
Four sided stitch		Work right to left.
Four sided stitch in diagonal rows		Work upper right to lower left.
Diagonal four sided stitch		Work upper right to lower left
Four sided stitch spaced		See here.  Work right to left.
Satin stitch family
Spaced satin stitch		*
Step stitch		Work diagonally, upper right to lower left.
Back stitch family
Ringed back stitch		Work right to left, in 2 journeys: an outward journey and a return journey.  Outward journey is pink, return journey is green.
Square back stitch		Work diagonally in 2 journeys: work half the square in the first journey, and complete the square in the return journey.
Faggot stitch family
Faggot stitch		Work upper right to lower left.  All the right side stitches are vertical or horizontal, but all the stitches on the back are diagonal.  Stitches can be worked over 2, 3, or 4 threads.
Reverse faggot stitch		Work lower left to upper right.  Stitches on the right side are diagonal, but stitches on the back side are either horizontal or vertical.
Diagonal drawn filling		Work upper right to lower left.  Each row is a normal row of stitches, but the following row leaves one thread crossing between each row.
Greek cross family
Greek cross stitch, dense variant		I find that working from upper right to lower left gives the best pull.
Upright cross family
Upright cross stitch		Work from lower right to upper left.  This gives the easiest hand motion.  Work in 2 journeys.  The 1st journey, going, makes all the vertical stitches.  The 2nd journey, returning, makes all the horizontal stitches, but uses the same holes as the 1st journey.
Double back stitch family
Double back stitch		Work right to left.
Cushion stitch		Work right to left.  This may look complicated, but is actually the easiest variant, because it is easiest to count threads.  All the steps just move 2 threads.
Square double back stitch		Work lower right to upper left.  There are different  stitch sequences that can be used for this stitch.  But this one makes true puffy squares, and some of the others create parallelograms.
Three sided stitch family
Three sided stitch		I find it easiest to work right to left.  Work over each leg 2 times.
Diagonal three sided stitch		Work upper right to lower left.
Eyelets
Eyelets		Direction doesn't matter.  But always come out on the perimeter of the stitch and go down in the central hole.  Pull when your needle has just come out on the perimeter.  This will produce the largest holes in the center.
Algerian eyelets
Diamond eyelets
Edge stitches		*
Square edging stitch		See instructions here.  Work right to left.
		To use three sided stitch or four sided stitch as an edge finish, work the first row of three sided stitch or four sided stitch over one layer of fabric.  But work the 2nd row over folded fabric.
Four sided stitch		See here.
Three sided stitch		Can be worked in any direction, but settle on one and be consistent, or you will become confused.  I find that working right to left is easiest to do.  See example here.
Buttonhole stitch
Buttonhole stitch over folded fabric		See here.  Work left to right or right to left: direction doesn't matter.  To cover raw edge more securely, work a row of satin stitch over folded fabric.
Hedebo buttonhole stitch

Revised March 24, 2011