Embroidery Stitch Video Tutorial: Chain Stitch
Another basic hand embroidery stitch, the chain stitch is used to outline and to fill spaces. It's a fun stitch to work, and always looks great!
The chain stitch is probably one of the most common embroidery stitches, and adapted to all different techniques, even lace making. The chain stitch works very easily around curves, in lines, or in large spaces for filling. There are many variations on the stitch - heavy chain stitch, whipped chain stitch, twisted chain stitch, checkered chain stitch - you get the idea! Once the basic stitch is mastered, the rest is easy!
Here's the video:
For more video tutorials, please visit the video library of stitches.
The chain stitch is probably one of the most common embroidery stitches, and adapted to all different techniques, even lace making. The chain stitch works very easily around curves, in lines, or in large spaces for filling. There are many variations on the stitch - heavy chain stitch, whipped chain stitch, twisted chain stitch, checkered chain stitch - you get the idea! Once the basic stitch is mastered, the rest is easy!
Here's the video:
For more video tutorials, please visit the video library of stitches.
Labels: beginner embroidery, Hand embroidery stitches, video tutorials
Posted By: Mary Corbet on Thursday, October 26, 2006
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Mary, the video just doesn't load for me. Is there anywhere with just pics of your stitches? I am so interested in some of what you mention, and frustrated that I can't see it.
Hi, Jo - I'm sorry the video doesn't load up!! Perhaps you could try going to Google Video and searching for "hand embroidery" - you'll find the videos on there - and maybe they'll work for you straight from google. There's no text explanation, but at least you'll see the video. Let me know if it works or not!
Mary, great videos. It's always fascinating to see how other people work stitches. I find a lot of books show stitches worked back to front to my normal working, I'm right handed, but I work chain stitch from top to bottom towards my body. Perhaps its region specific, or we really are "downunder" in Australia. Will definitely help novices learning their stitches. Christine.
Great embroidery video thanks for sharing.
If ever I did embroidery, it was around 50 yrs ago with my mother. I was about 10yo. I'm mainly a crocheter and am working on a pattern crocheted with embroidery floss. I had to embroider the pupils of eyes...using black floss to chain stitch in a circle over the whites of the eyes. Trying to embroider over 6 strands of floss was difficult! I couldn't have done it without your tutorial. I couldn't have made a chain stitch without your tutorial! You made it so simple. Thank you!
Jeannie
Thanks for your help with a chain stitch! Good clear video.
Thanks for the video. Have never embroidered and there are 2 stitches mentioned "chain" and "long" for the finishing work of a knitted pattern I'm doing. Figured I could just wing it, but it turned out awful looking. Now I can redo and get it to look good. Thanx :)
This is a great video thanks
This is such a wonderful website and your videos are exactly what I need. I have just made my husband a little drawstring bag for his socks when he travels. I wanted to put his initials on it and thought an embroidery stitch would be a good way to do this as the fabric has an easy weave. Sadly my sewing mentality has largely been if it holds then its good! This is not a way to approach embroidering initals! Your video tutorials have helped me decide how to do it and given me hope that it might actually look good too! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skill for free. I really appreciate it.
Lindsay (Edinburgh, Scotland)
hey mary thnks a lot,without u i would have died in my tailoring exam,i didnt know a thing,u are a life saver!
this is really helpful......cuz i have an exam and i wanted 2 do this
thanx
Hi this video really helped me a lot! Thanks. Now i can do my homework properly!
Thanks so much for the chain video, just what I needed...being left handed, I know that I will be working from left to right. Great demo! Lynne
Embroidery De-mystified!
Thak you so much. This is just what I was looking for to give my projects a more polished look. Thank You!
Angelica Bays
Tygrlilies.com
Mary, Great job, thanks for sharing this info with us, keep up the good work...
Hi Mary I am having some trouble with this stitch, I am not sure what is going wrong. When I use more than one thread I end up with my thread all different lengths and my stitch is very loppy. Even when I start off with all my threads the same after a few stitches if using two I have one longer than the other and a very messy stitch any help with what is going wrong would be great. thank you in advance.
Regards Joyce
Hi, Joyce -
If you're using two threads, try using one, but doubling it in the needle, with the fold at the eye. Then, when you emerge from the fabric for each stitch, wiggle the needle to make sure the needle is centered in the thread before taking the stitch. Just a suggestion - at least try it. I'm not so keen on doubling my thread in the needle, simply because it doesn't allow you to unthread the needle, should you need to (for removing a knot, etc.)
But, it might help!
Otherwise, I'd suggest evening up your threads at ever stitch...
Best,
MC
Hi Mary thank you for that I will give it a try, and see how it works out
Thank you again
Joyce
Thank you so much for the video!!! I tried to read the directions and could not understand them. This was wonderful!!
Mary,
Thank you very much! I have never embroidered before, but your video was so easy to understand and follow! Thank you!
Olga A.
I'm 12 years old...attending secondary school and got a project on sewing.You guys definately helped me!!!THANKS ALOT!!!
Been working on a pair of knucks for a soon-to-be visiting friend, did a search for 'how to embroidery chain stitch' and found this video. Very helpful - looks like I'll be able to finish before he gets here, yay!
My non-knitting needles have all disappeared into the clutter of my desk, so I dug out a crochet hook I'd bought once (and never really learned to use) - it actually seems to work fairly well for this, I was pleasantly surprised. Yay for pulling loops.
I'll definitely be poking around the rest of this website if/when I have more questions :)
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