Heavy chain stitch
How the Heavy chain stitch is worked, what it is used for, and the stitches that go with it.
- Family
- line
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- 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.
- 6 x
- Used for
- A thick braided line for borders, stems and lettering that needs weight.
- How it works
- Begins with a short straight stitch; each chain loop is then passed under the stitch two loops back rather than the one before, so the loops overlap twice and the line becomes a solid braid.
- Related stitchesStitches built from this one, or worked the same way
- Chain stitch
Nearby in embroidery stitches11 of 35