Star stitch is also called Algerian eye stitch and Star eyelet stitch.
It is generally used on canvas as a counted thread stitch. Worked on
even weave fabric, it is made up of stitches arranged in a square.
It is made of a minimum of eight stitches all originating at the center
creatin an eyelet there. The length of each stitch may vary but they all
fall in the same square making an angle of 45 degrees with each other at
the center. The angle is reduced when no of stitches in each vertical
plane increases.