This Elizabethan stitch consists of a series of loops worked onto the edge of another stitch - in this example we show chain stitch, but historically it was worked onto other stitches such as Elizabethan corded Brussels stitch.

The Victoria and Albert Museum, London has an Elizabethan panel which has a version of this looping stitch: silver-gilt passing forms loops around what appears to be a base stitch formed by the same piece of passing, couched using black silk.  This combination of stitches has the advantage of maximising the amount of expensive metal thread on the surface and avoids the need to take delicate passing through the fabric.  The structure of the loops have similarities with Pekinese stitch and Elizabethan double looped edging.

We are indebted to Jacqui Carey for her work in identifying this stitch in extant Elizabethan pieces, and diligent documenting of the working method.  See the References sections for details of her books which describe this and many other Elizabethan stitches.  N.B. the names used are descriptive names assigned by Jacqui Carey as historic records do not give us the names by which they were known.