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Loop stitch

  • centipede stitch
  • knotted loop stitch
  • Double buttonhole stitch
  • Sienese stitch
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Loop stitch is a line stitch with a raised, plaited centre. It is often worked in straight or gently curved lines, but it can be used for an open filling.

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Looped Raised Buttonhole Border Embellishment Surface Mountmellick

Loop stitch is generously sponsored by Philadelphia EGA

Method

Work from right to left between two parallel lines. Use the grain of the evenweave fabric or mark two guidelines on plain fabric.

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Loop stitch method stage 1 illustration
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Bring the needle up at the centre between the two guidelines, then insert it on the top guideline to make a diagonal stitch. Come up at the lower guideline. Work a buttonhole stitch over the first stitch.

Buttonhole stitch
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Loop stitch method stage 2 illustration
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Take the needle down on the top line slightly in front of the previous stitch.

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Loop stitch method stage 3 illustration
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Bring the needle up at the lower guideline and work a buttonhole stitch over the previous diagonal stitch.

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Loop stitch method stage 4 illustration
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Continue in the same manner as required. To finish, take the needle down at the centre between the two guidelines.

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Loop stitch method stage 5 illustration
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A completed row of loop stitch

Loop stitch

Structure of stitch

Looped Raised Buttonhole

Common uses

Border Embellishment

Embroidery Techniques

Surface Mountmellick

Related Stitches

Van Dyke stitch

References

  • Mrs Archibald Christie, Samplers and Stitches (1921) , p.32–3
  • Mary Thomas’s Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches (1934) , p.146–7