Blanket Stitch Chain Stitch

This will feel a little weird to start with as you kind of have to hold the work sideways to.

Blanket stitch chain stitch. The next step creates the cable of the stitch pattern. Thread two needles with floss and alternate needles with each new stitch. How to crochet the blanket stitch pattern step 1. Working across the 3 stitches you just made work a treble us double crochet.

Next you need to work a treble us double crochet in the next 2 chains. Make your chain as long as you think it will need to be for your project. Blanket stitch is used for working the edges of table covers mantel valances blankets etc or for edging any other material including clothing. The blanket stitch is similar to the method used for the buttonhole stitch but there is more space between the stitches and a definite requirement for even regularity.

This is a wonderful embroidery stitch for decorative edges or small pl. The loop of a stitch goes around the stitch coming after it each anchoring the previous in place. The tutorial shows both the standard way to work chain stitches and the reversed method for getting the same effect. Therefore make sure that you are happy with the width of your chain before you begin.

1 make a slip knot and slide it onto the shaft of your hook. I will be posting more variations of this blanket stitch in the coming days. This means the 4 chains at the start now become a stitch and a chain for the pattern. Make a chain in a multiple of 3 row 1 make 2 dc in 3rd ch from hook sk 2 ch sc in next ch make 2 dc in same ch stitch.

It is generally used to stitch the edge of the blankets. Repeat from to end of row. As you crochet each row your blanket becomes longer. Add another color over an already finished chain stitch by working a back stitch or running stitch along it s borders.

Blanket stitch is a versatile stitch that is not only used in embroidery but also in sewing and quilting. How to do a blanket stitch learn this basic of all hand sewing. Make your first chain stitch. What is this stitch used for.

Hence the name is derived from it as the blanket stitch. The chains of chain stitch are created by bringing the thread around the needle as you make a stitch. To begin the blanket stitch you will need to make a chain of 4 stitches plus an additional 4 stitches. You make a yarn loop that looks sort of like a pretzel.

This blanket is worked width wise meaning that your starting chain is the width of your blanket this will never change. You can also fill any design or pattern with this stitch by working along the border of the design to it s inner part.