Raised Chevron Stitch

Time for another 100 Stitches post.  This is the Raised Chevron Stitch.        

This is a heavy composite line stitch made up of two rows of diagonal "V" shapes that are then threaded by a variation of the Chevron Stitch.  Sounds simple and basic.  It was not easy for me! Here is my attempt.

I found the instructions for this in the book Embroidery Stitches by Mary Webb.  She suggests using a ruler to draw guidelines to keep the v shapes straight and even.  So that is how I started:

I used two different colored threads:

The first step is to come up through the fabric and start the v shapes:

 

and continuing that along the bottom horizontal line:

Then I turned the hoop around and did the same along the top line:

So far, so good.  Now comes the "threading".  I am using white floss and starting by coming up through the fabric in the middle space between the v's:

Once the needle and floss are pulled all the way through, I attempted the Chevron Stitch - notice the needle is now just going over and under the v's.  It is not going back into the fabric:

Over and under the legs of the V's:

alternating between the bottom row and the top row:

all the way across:

There is not a finished picture of the Raised Chevron Stitch in Embroidery Stitches with which to compare my finished work.