Holbein stitch (double running)
How the Holbein stitch (double running) is worked, what it is used for, and the stitches that go with it.
- Family
- line
- Difficulty
- easy
- 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.
- 2.2 x
- Used for
- Blackwork, counted outlines that look the same on both sides.
- How it works
- A row of running stitch worked out along the line, then back again filling the gaps, so the finished line is solid and reversible. Worked on evenweave by counting threads.
- Related stitchesStitches built from this one, or worked the same way
- running-stitch,back-stitch
Nearby in embroidery stitches3 of 35