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The chain stitch is a looped stitch that can be worked along a curved or straight line. Variations of this stitch including the single or detached chain, lazy daisy, feathered chain, square chain, cable chain, heavy chain, zig-zag chain and many more.
To work the basic chain stitch, bring the needle up through the fabric at your starting point.
Insert the needle again at the starting point and bring the tip up through the fabric a short distance away.
Place the working thread behind the needle and pull the needle though the loop.
Repeat the process to make additional stitches, and end the length by making a small, anchoring stitch at the end of the final loop to secure it in place.
If you need to make a length of chain stitch longer than your thread allows, refer to the next step for properly extending a length of chain stitch.