Also known as: Chinese Stitch
It is commonly found in chinese embroderies. Using contrasting threads will throw up the beauty of the design well.
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| Back stitch: Lay the foundation by doing a back stitch. | ||
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| Fig 1: Take another thread and needle and bring it out through A. Pass the needle under the stitch B-C, from above, as shown. Do not pluck the fabric underneath. | Fig 2: Now, pass the needle under the stitch A-B, from below, as shown. | |
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| Fig 3: You will see that a loop is formed at the stitch point B. Our aim would be to make such similar loops at each stitch point. As the next action, take the needle under C-D from above. |
Fig 4: Now pass the needle under B-C from below. Continue this action of looping each stitch point by taking the needle under the stitches. | |
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| Fig 5: Your completed pattern would look like this. | ||
NOTE:
Make sure that while taking the needle and thread under each running stitch, you do not pluck the fabric underneath. You can use a blunt needle to acheive this.
Make sure to leave the back stitch just a bit loose in order to allow the other thread to pass through it easily.
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Thanks Sarah for the clear and precise instructions provided… looking forward to the instructions that are to follow.
Hey Sarah, do u know how to do crochet stitching? If yes plz do post that also… thanku.. all ur wrks r nice..
Dear AnnMaria,
Thanks for visiting. I am yet to learn crochet..it certainly is one of my interests too. Once I am good enough with it, I will be putting up tutorials for it too. But that might take some time. For now, I am concentrating more on the embroidery section.