This is a wonderful looking stitch. Each loop drops vertically from the stitch line, instead of lying on it. The way the loop is twisted gives it a knotted effect and a complicated look. Ideally, it follows a right to left direction.

Fig 1: Bring the needle out through a point A which lies on the stitch line. Put the needle in through B which lies on the left of A.Note that B lies on the stitch line too. Bring the needle out through C and loop the thread around the needle as shown.		Fig 2: Pull out the needle to get the twisted chain. Now take in the needle through the right ‘leg’ of the twisted chain as shown. Do not pluck the fabric underneath.
Fig 3: Once the thread is pulled out, we get a knotted lookign loop like this.		Fig 4: For the next loop, put in the needle on the stitch line towards the left of the existing loop and wrap the thread around.
Fig 5: To give the knotted effect, take the needle in under the right ‘leg’ of this newly made loop.		Fig 6: Continue this procedure to finish the entire pattern. Observe how the chains or loops close in and open up at various curves.

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For ease of lessons, I have used a straight stitch line. Knowledge of the chain stitch will be an advantage. It will help you to note how this differs from the basic chain stitch procedure, and thereby helping you to understand the logic of the stitch easily.

Fig 1: Bring the needle out through A, which lies on the stitch line. Now, put the needle in through B, which lies towards the left of A and bring it out from C. C, agian, lies on the stitch line.		Fig 2: Now loop the thread around the needle as we would in a normal chain stitch.
Fig 3: When the needle is pulled out, we get a twisted loop as shown.		Fig 4: For the next loop, instead of putting in the needle in C as we would normally in a chain stitch, we would put it in through a point D. D lies horizontally left of C. Continue this pattern of stitching.
		Fig 5: A finished line of twisted chain would look like this. Remember that only alternate alphabets would lie on the stitch line. For every new loop, the beginning point would be on the immediate left of the previous loop.

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Also known as : Twisted daisy border stitch

This stitch originated from the Basque provinces of northern Spain. Basque stitch has been found in old embroideries from these areas of Spain, southern France and Portugal as well. This stitch was used along with Basque knot (of the Palestrina family of stitches). Traditionally, Basque stitch was done with red thread over green fabric or white thread on blue-green background.

For this lesson, I have used a curved stitch line from where the stitch will originate. I have also drawn a parallel line below it, to keep each basque stitch in equal length with each other. This stitch follows easy curves and gives a complicated look.

Fig 1: Bring the needle out through A. Take it in through B and bring it out through C without pulling it out completely.		Fig 2: Now, follow the illustration above to wrap the thread around the needle in a sort of half ’8′ shape or an inverse ‘S’ shape.
Fig 3: Pull out the needle to get a twisted daisy chain. Take the needle in through a point just outside the chain, near C to finish it. Bring the needle out through the point D as shown above. Note that D lies between A-B and it lays the start for the next twisted chain.		Fig 4: Now continue the procedure with the next point as E.
Fig 5: A completed line of basque stitch will look like this.

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