About the Double Cast-On Stitch
The Double Cast-On Stitch is a variation where the loops are slipped in using two threads. This creates a more flatter stitch that looks like a Trylobyte! It is usually used to make flower petals in dimensional embroidery. You need to double your thread to start making this stitch. I am using perle cotton thread to work this stitch.
How to do the Double Cast-On Stitch
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| Fig 1: Thread your needle and double it. | Fig 2: Bring out the needle at a location and split the threads to either side. |
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| Fig 3: Now, pass the needle through the fabric and come out from the earlier location. This creates a stitch space. | Fig 4: Now, wrap the thread around your left finger. |
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| Fig 5: Twist it as you would for the Cast On Stitch. | Fig 6: Slip the loop onto the needle. |
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| Fig 7: Pull the loop down to the base. Do not pull the wrap too tight – keep it snug enough to pull the needle out comfortably. | Fig 8: Next, loop the thread around your other hand finger. |
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| Fig 9: Twist it, as you have earlier, and slip the loop onto the needle. | Fig 10: Then, use the left-hand finger to make another wrap around the needle. Keep alternately doing this. |
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| Fig 11: Once the wraps build-up, it will look like this. | Fig 12: Hold the wraps between the fingers and pull out the needle. |
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| Fig 13: Pull the thread towards the earlier stitch point, as you would for the Cast On Stitch. Tale the needle in through the fabric and end the stitch. | Fig 14: The Double Cast-On Stitch would look like this. The more the wraps you build-up, as against the stitch space made, the sharper the curve will be. |
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Dear Sharon,
Thank you for dropping by. So happy that you like our pages. It had never occurred to me that we could use this stitch to make belt loops!
For belt loops, I always thought of the Buttonhole Bar Stitch: https://www.embroidery.rocksea.org/stitch/blanket-stitch/buttonhole-bar-stitch/
We also use the Buttonhole Bar Stitch to make tiny loops for hooks on our blouses.
Thank you so much for this comprehensive collection of stitches! The last time I embroidered anything was at least forty years ago when crewel embroidery kits were the rage. Now I’m burning to try my hand at something with smaller stitches and cotton embroidery floss.
Back in the dark ages when we wore dresses with belt loops, I used something similar to this stitch to make them. The main difference is that I used at least four loops of filler thread rather than the initial cast-on loop. I knotted over that thick thread loop as you do in the second step. That knotting process is similar to macrame or tatting.