This is one of a group of stitches that creates a star shape and because of the isolated points it can be tricky to make it look even. Drawing a two guides circle may be useful if you want a perfect star shape, but I tend to stitch by eye and use the needle to help measure the length of each point.
I find it easier to work by stitching from the outside edge to the inner edge
Bring the needle up through the fabric at the appropriate starting point
Create the first arm of the star shape (A), then work across on the opposite side of the star (B) so there are two stitches of even length in a line, wth a gap in the centre
Work the next two stitches at right angles to the first (C & D)
Then fill in the third and forth lines in between the first two lines (E & F, G & H)
I used Algerian eye stitch in my floral sampler kit as the centre point for one of the flowers, but I also like combining it randomly with other star shaped stitches such as in this sampler.
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