Heavy Chain Stitch

Heavy Chain Stitch is also known as

Heavy braid chain stitch _[EN], Puntada de cadena pesada _[ES], Point de chaînette cordé _[FR], Dicker kettenstich _[DE],  Punto catenella pesante _[IT], Ponto cadeia sólido _[PT].

How to do the Heavy Chain Stitch

As the name suggests, this is a heavy or thick looking chain stitch. It gives out a rich feeling, depending on the thread used to stitch. Like the Reverse Chain Stitch, this also follows a reverse direction. I will be stitching from top to bottom on a curvy stitch line. To do this stitch, you need to be aware of the Lazy Daisy Stitch.

Fig 1: Lay the foundation for this stitch by making a Lazy Daisy Stitch with the base as point A, as illustrated. Note that the ‘tail’ of the lazy daisy is slightly longer than the usual.	Fig 2: Bring the needle out through B and take it under the tail of the first Lazy Daisy, without plucking the fabric.
Fig 3: Put the needle in through B, and we will get two layers of chain. Now, bring the needle out through C and take it under the first two chains without plucking the fabric.	Fig 4: Take the needle in through C to create another layer of the chain. Bring the needle out through D and take it under the second and third chain. Keep continuing this procedure.
Fig 5: A finished line of heavy chain stitch would look like this. Note that, at any given point of time, we would always have two layers of chain. To create a third chain, always take the needle UNDER the first two chains.

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