Chain stitch

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Machine embroidery in chain stitch on a voile curtain, China, early 21st century.
Machine embroidery in chain stitch on a voile curtain, China, early 21st century.
Chain stitch used in embroidery.
Chain stitch used in embroidery.

In sewing and embroidery, a chain stitch is a series of looped stitches that form a chain. It can be used decoratively or constructively.

Chain stitches are also used in making tambour lace, needlelace, macramé and crochet.

Common variants on the chain stitch include:

  • Back-stitched chain stitch
  • Knotted chain stitch
  • Open chain stitch
  • Twisted chain stitch
  • Zig-zag chain stitch

Chain stitch was the default stitch used by early sewing machines; however, as it is easily unraveled from fabric, this was soon replaced with the more secure lockstitch.

Chain stitch is also a technique used to shorten rope or cable for storage or while in use; see Daisy chain (knot).

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Chained stitches from Samplers and Stitches, a handbook of the embroiderer's art by Mrs Archibald Christie, 1920.

[edit] References

  • Virginia Churchill Bath, Needlework in America, Viking Press, 1979 ISBN 0-670-50575-7
  • S.F.A. Caulfield and B.C. Saward, The Dictionary of Needlework, 1885.
  • Mrs. Archibald Christie. Samplers and Stitches, a handbook of the embroiderer's art, London 1920, 1989 facsimile: Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-4796-6.
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