Debbie,
Oooh, working on the diagonal in regular charts sounds very interesting! 
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

Melanie,
I was actually referring to working on the diagonal on regular charts, but I will most definiately check it out in the huck weaving as well.  Thanks!

Debbie,
So glad I could help! 
If you're talking about huck weaving on the diagonal, it really adapts quite well to it.  If you look at the bookmarks, some of the lines are on the diagonal...it just means using the advantage of that "staggered" arrangement of the blocks/floats in the Aida cloth. 
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

Not confusing at all, thank you!  Mystery solved!  LOL ... I've been playing with some patterns that I want to be going on a diagonal on my graph ... I haven't quite figured them out yet, but I'm still playing with it ... I'll figure it out eventually.
 
 

Debbie,
Not only is it amazing, but you'll be surprised at how quick and easy it is, a lovely break from how slow and tedious cross stitch can sometimes be!    Here's where symmetrical and a little asymmetry, as well, can really make something interesting.  Two of the bookmarks here are perfectly symmetrical, as you can see, but just a tiny bit of asymmetry makes the very last one look like a winding path. 
If you look closely at that last one, for instance, concentrate on the outermost (darkest) line on either of the two sides.  That "broken" look with the white "dotted" looking spots is where the floss is woven under the floats, in every other square.  It's a little harder to tell with the lighter colors of the rows next to those, but if you could see closer, you'd discover the white is actually staggered from the rows next to it.  If you think about it, that's because of the weave of Aida cloth...every other square has the two floats sitting vertically, whereas the ones sitting between each of those vertical float squares has two horizontal floats.  So the design sort of goes diagonally, due to the inherent properties of the Aida cloth. 
If you had a large piece of Aida and turned it 90 degrees, you'd be using the horizontal floats, which would then of course become the vertical floats.    (LOL, since one really can't go under horizontal floats with this kind of fabric and this kind of craft!)
LOL, sorry if that's confusing...so hard to explain without a better photo!
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

Wow ... I'm going to have to put this on my list of things to research ... very curious how you can use aida cloth to do this and yet have nothing on the back side of the fabric ... amazing to me.
 

Debbie,
I'm sure there are some fantastic tutorials and free patterns online...soooo happy you like these!    Compared to counted cross stitch, it's so easy and quick.  I made these a really long time ago, so I don't remember how long they took, but am guessing one could be done in a couple of hours, perhaps less. 
It's really wild to turn these upside down and on the back you see...nothing!    Oh, and no weaving in ends.  Just leave them loose and make it part of the work. 
Melanie  (cat slave and Official Feline Can Opener) =^.^=

Very nice ... I'm going to have to investigate huck weaving more closely.

Marilyn,
Monk's cloth is absolutely the correct term for it!    There are books on huck weaving patterns which have "Monk's Cloth" in the titles.  (I used to own a number of them, but am guessing they were hopelessly flooded and went out in the trash long ago.  Unless they're in storage, but considering 98% of my patterns were in cardboard boxes, most are gone.  Otherwise, I would love to recommend what I had, because they were great.  I bought them at Michael's and they all had tons of patterns to choose from.)
I haven't seen Monk's cloth myself, either...just photos of it.  You're right, it's got to be soft to be used for baby afghans. 
Melanie  (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=

Melanie,
Years ago, we had some huck weaving pattern ideas for putting on the huck fabric and turning it into aprons and/or table linens.  But, you're right, embellishments are about all I've ever seen it used for.
Recently, I've seen patterns for putting swedish weaving on Monk's cloth.  Now I'm asking myself if that's the right name for it. It's aida-like cloth with large squares. It's sometimes used to make baby afgans, so I'm guessing that it's relatively soft. I don't think I've ever seen any of it up close and personal.
Marilyn

Marilyn,
I like that, too!    It's always nice when a gift is truly appreciated.
The hot pad/trivet 'thingy' sounds like it was quite useful!  IMO, it doesn't really matter what something one might use in the kitchen looks like.  And what a great use for denim scraps!
Re: the huck weaving...there isn't all that much one can do with it, is there?  I guess I'd call it more of an embellishment technique than anything.  It wouldn't make a good winter scarf, for instance (unless there's some fabric I don't know about which would lend itself to it), and other than bookmarks, I've seen it used on monk's cloth afghans, though they seem to be pretty thin ones.  (I haven't seen the fabric close up, only in pictures, so could be very wrong about that.)
Melanie  (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=

I'm not sure I made anything. I remember doing some of the different stitches.  That was nothing new for me. I've dabbled in a lot of crafts that way.  Examples--making squares of knitted and crocheted stitches that intrigued me, turning small cross stitch motifs into magnets, etc.  My "dabbling" into rug-braiding had me turning scraps of denim jeans into a braid that became an oval hot pad/trivet 'thingy' for setting hot pans on.  It wasn't beautiful, but my mother used it for years. It's always made me happy to see people use/wear things that I've made.

Marilyn,
Thank you...it's so nice to find someone else who enjoys this craft!    (And isn't it sooooo cool how the back of the work shows nothing?!)  You're right, it's not as precise as cross stitch, but it can be quite challenging.  (LOL, I won't say frustrating, but like cross stitch, it can be frustrating!)
So what did you make?
Melanie  (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=

This is an unusual design. I really like it. It's been a while, but I've done Swedish weaving, too. It's a fun craft, not quite as precise as cross stitch, but still plenty of challenge.