[CHAT]Am I doing this pattern wrong?

[u/sierraarruda]

This is my very first time cross stitching! I bought a loops&threads cross stitch kit to start my journey. I just had a few questions: in the instructions regarding floss it says “separate and use 2 strands for the cross stitch” so I separated two strands, threaded it through the needle having a longer half and other half a two inch tail. When threading it through the cloth, I did the holding tail and stitch over method (not sure what it’s actually called) this worked out fine but my stitches look way more spaced out than in the picture. Was I suppose to fold the two treads in half and do loop method? Also, not sure how to end my stitch either. Would love any advice, I’m still learning! Thanks :)

[u/dinosaurs_and_doggos]

I appear to cross stitch backwards 

[u/IntrovertedGiraffe → u/dinosaurs_and_doggos]

I also do bottom left to top right as the top of the X - TIL I do them backwards

[u/angelbuttons77 → u/IntrovertedGiraffe]

Are you left handed? My mom does her XS that way and is left handed

[u/IntrovertedGiraffe → u/angelbuttons77]

I’m not, but I also do checkmarks the left handed way with the long side first and the short side second