To do this stitch, you should be aware of the chain stitch and twisted chain stitch. Barred chain stitch is just a sequence of these two stitches alternating each other.
I would be following a curved stitch line for the illustration.
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| Fig 1: Begin the stitch by making a simple chain stitch loop. | Fig 2: Now put in the needle at the left of the chain to begin a twisted chain loop. | |
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| Fig 3: Loop the thread around and pull out the needle for a twisted chain. | Fig 4: The pattern would look like this. Continue it with a chain stitch and twisted chain stitches in an alternate pattern. |
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| Fig 5: Your finished pattern would look like this. | ||
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