This is one of the few stand alone stitches from the chain stitch family. This stitch resembles the Bull’s head stitch, and often even mistaken with it. But there is a small difference in the way they are stitched. Moreover, a detached wheatear stitch is a single loop of the Wheatear stitch, which will be the next stitch to be posted.

 Knowledge of bull’s head stitch will help you understand the difference and logc behind both stitches. Knowledge of the reverse chain stitch will be an advantage.

Fig 1: We start by making the ‘ears’ of the wheat seed. For that, we pull the needle out through A and put it in through B, as shown. Then, the needle is pulled out through C. Note that B lies at about 90 degrees angle between A and C.		Fig 2: We now make the other ‘ear’ of the wheat seed. For that, put in the needle through B and bring it out through D. D lies straight below the point B.
Fig 3: Now, we follow a reverse chain stitch procedure to make the wheat seed. For that bring the needle out from D and take it underneath the previously made stitches without plucking the fabric beneath.		Fig 4: Put the needle in through D again to finish up the stitch.
		Fig 5: A finished detached wheatear stitch would look like this. It is a lot in resemblance to the bull’s head stitch. If you note, here, the loop of the chain lies under the ‘ears’ or ‘horns’ , unlike that in the bull’s head stitch.

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The braided chain stitch is worked almost the same way as the heavy chain stitch. There is only a slight difference in the way the needle is taken under the existing loops, thus giving it a totally different and embossed look. It  follows a reverse pattern like the reverse chain stitch and so we work it from top to bottom.

Fig 1: Lay the foundation by doing a lazy daisy stitch with a slightly longer tail, and the base as point A.		Fig 2: Bring the needle out through B and take it under the tail of the lazy daisy without plucking the fabric.
Fig 3: Put the needle back in B to get another loop, layering the lazy daisy from outside. Bring the needle out through C. Take it over the outside loop and under the inside loop as illustrated.		Fig 4: Put the needle back in C to finish that loop. Now Bring the needle back again through D and continue with the same procedure.
Fig 5: To make the taking of needle over and under the loops easier, here is a tip. Before tightening the ‘outer’ loop completely, you can take the needle under the ‘inner’ loop.		Fig 6: You can then tighten the ‘outer’ loop by pulling the thread with your fingers and continue with the procedure.
		Fig 7: A finished braided chain stitch will look like this. It has a slightly embossed finish.

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This stitch is visually not very different from the usual chain stitch. The difference is the direction in which these stitches are done. If chain stitch is done from bottom to top, reverse chain stitch is done form top to bottom.

You would require to know the lazy daisy stitch to be able to start the reverse chain stitch.

Fig 1: Lay the base for this stitch by doing a lazy daisy stitch, with A as the base point.		Fig 2: Bring the needle out through B. Take the needle under the first lazy daisy stitch without plucking the fabric below. The distance between B and A is just enough to make another chain in the sequence.
		Fig 3: Take in the needle through B to finish up with the next chain in the sequence. Bring out the needle through C and take it under the second chain without plucking the fabric below.
		Fig 4: Continue this pattern of stitching to finish the sequence of reverse chain stitch.

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