How to do the Chain Stitch - Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials

Chain Stitch is also known as

Tambour stitch _[EN], Punto de cadeneta _[ES], Point de chaînette _[FR], Kettenstich _[DE], Punto catenella _[IT], Ponto cadeia _[PT],kedjestygn _[SV].

About the Chain Stitch

Chain Stitch is the basic and simplest stitch of the Chain Stitch family. It gives a chain like an appearance or, like petals lined up one after the other. Chain Stitch is one of the oldest known stitches that has been used widely among various cultures from Asia to Europe.

How to do the Chain Stitch
To assist our lessons, I will do this stitch from top to bottom. Generally, it follows left to the right path.


Fig 1: Bring the thread out through A. Put the needle back in A and bring it out through point B, but don’t pull the needle out completely.	Fig 2: Now, take the thread around the needle from left to right to form a loop.

Fig 3: Pull out the needle now to tighten the loop and you will get the first part of the chain.	Fig 4: Now, put the needle in through B (now inside the loop) and bring it out on C (outside of the loop).

Fig 5: Continue the action by taking the thread around the back of the needle from left to right to form a loop and pull out the needle to get the next loop of the chain. Keep on with this procedure till the finish.