How to embroider by hand chain stitch

Here at Stitchdoodles, we love to share the joy of Hand Embroidery. Have fun exploring lots of wonderful tutorials designed to make your Hand Embroidery Journey as exciting as possible (click on the picture to be taken to the post)… Beginner’s Start Here… Using a Hoop or Frame to Stitch in… Pattern Transfer Methods…

This is the last of the outline stitches we'll be doing for a little while - and it's definitely the fanciest so far. Chain stitch is one of my favorite hand embroidery outline stitches, but it's not the first one I teach. I generally start with running stitch because that's the easiest stitch there is.

Sam | DIY Embroidery Kits, Crafts, & Tutorials on Instagram: "3 Types of Chain Stitch🪡🤍 Which is your favorite? There are a few more variations, but these are the most commonly used for sweaters. I am partial to regular chain stitch because I learned it first and have been using it for 5+ years, but I do love to use 1 Step Regular Chain Stitch when embroidering on sweaters. Which do you find easiest? #embroidery #babysweater #namesweater #diycrafts #handembroidery #embroideredclothing…

Learn how to do Chain stitch in 4 simple steps!

I encourage you to use additional resources if you need more instruction than this simple guide. I have found video to be very useful in understanding stitches. Please click on the links below to watch very quick clips of the stitches. You can also find a directory of longer videos here, with more detailed instruction.

The original tutorial! Here is the easiest hack for working a hand embroidery chain stitch. You will never work the chain stitch the same way again!

Hand embroided personalised jumpers - Pixie&Me on Instagram: "A slow and simple chain stitch tutorial! I use this stitch for evvvvverything! It is my absolute favourite and there are a few ways to do it! This is a simple beginner friendly way and I hope you give it a go! The needle inside in this video is a 6mm blunt needle The yarn that I use is 200g acrylic, this is a personal preference and a yarn that I find so nice to work with! I use purple fabric pens! They are air/water erasable…

Also known as Hungarian Chain Stitch, Braided Chain Stitch is excellent for embroidering chunky, textured lines.

Watch my step-by-step video tutorial and learn how to embroider the Stem Stitch.