Detached chain (lazy daisy)
How the Detached chain (lazy daisy) is worked, what it is used for, and the stitches that go with it.
- Family
- detached
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Thread use (x)Line, knot, detached, couching, edging and composite stitches: cm of thread per cm of stitched line. Filling stitches: cm of thread per square cm of solid cover with all six strands (halve the strands and the figure doubles). Working figures used by the thread length estimator; they include the thread on the back but not starts and ends.
- 4.5 x
- Used for
- Flower petals, leaves, scattered accents; five or six around a French knot make the classic daisy.
- How it works
- A single chain loop held down at its tip with a small straight stitch. The holding stitch can be lengthened to make a leaf with a stalk, or worked in a second colour.
- Related stitchesStitches built from this one, or worked the same way
- chain-stitch,fly-stitch,french-knot
Nearby in embroidery stitches12 of 35