Whipped Chain Stitch

Schematic drawing of the whipped chain stitch. Schematic drawing of the whipped chain stitch. Drawing by Martin Hense.

The whipped chain stitch is a variation on the chain stitch, in which a row of chain stitches is worked and a second yarn is whipped around the stitches without entering the ground material. Also known as wrapped chain stitch.

See also the TRC Needles entry on the threaded chain stitch.

Source: THOMAS, Mary (1934). Mary Thomas’s Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches, London: Hodder and Stoughton, p. 42.

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