Whipped running stitch
How the Whipped running stitch 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.
- 2.8 x
- Used for
- A raised, rope-like line that follows curves well; stems and lettering.
- How it works
- Work a row of running stitch, then bring a second thread up at the start and pass it under each stitch from the same side without entering the fabric. A contrasting whipping thread gives a twisted two-colour cord.
- Related stitchesStitches built from this one, or worked the same way
- running-stitch,whipped-back-stitch
Nearby in embroidery stitches2 of 35