Embroidery: How to Chainstitch 

thank you so much because tommorow i had to submit my activity i did not know how to stitch it .this helped me very much

Thank you this was helpful.I am making two little purses for children and the project called for some embroidery.

I am 16 years old and I found a passion for embroidery, and love learning. This was of great help to me I will look at more of your stitching videos.

Thanks, hon. I’ve watched numerous video tutorials, but there’s something about how you did this, or the way you explained it, that the lightbulb in my brain switched on. Yay!

10 yrs. later & still the best chain stitch video around.Clear,concise instructions!!

Thank you for your help. I’m a beginner and your video was one of the easiest to learn from!

Beginning embroidery and I appreciate this video. Thank you for posting in 2011. Still useful 8 years later.

Thank You Ms. Wendi Gratz for having a site like this..... When my teacher teaches us what to do I cannot understand it but when I am watching your videos, I can make different stitches.

wow, great video! I'm a novice sewer and embroiderer (sp?) and I'm making my 1 yr old daughter a Christmas stocking with one of those fun kits and this was one of the stitches...this helped me a lot!

Thanks a lot for posting this I was struggling for a chain stich... and then i found this video. the stiches u showed were very easy too.

Thank you so much Wendi ... it's so much easier and clearer when someone shows you than trying to follow diagrams in books. I get it now!

Thank you Wendy, I'm a beginner and your video is very helpful for me

I learned how to chain stitch when I was a young girl in scouting but I had forgotten. Thank you. Now I remember :-)

Thanks for the clear and concise directions. It's been a while since I did embroidery so I appreciate the refresher. Having fun, too!

I love your videos! I'm an amateur embroiderer, and you give such concise directions and examples! Many thanks for your wonderful service!

Thanks so much! I cant crochet but a knitting project I'm doing says to crochet a chain stitch around it so I found your video and you explained it very well and the video was excellent! Thanks so much!

Thanks so much, I've learn LOADS from watching your quick,simple videos, I'm loving embroidery xx

Really interesting thank you, always easier if you actually see the stitches being done as opposed to diagrams.

Thank you so much. It is the final stitch I needed for a project and I just wasn't understanding from the instructions. Great video help.

You're so easy to understand, I really appreciate your tutorials they've helped a beginner like me so much. Thank you :) Annie

we've done sewing in school for like 3 years and i finally get the chain stitch! haha thank you wendi!

Thank you- I have done quite a bit of cross-stitching but this is my first project that included chain-stitching. I was nervous about it and didn't quite understand the paper directions. This video was great and now I am excited to try!!!

@iheartphoto Just starting out I'd recommend a solid-color woven cotton. Nothing stretchy or with any kind of texture to it. After you've gotten the hang of things, the sky's the limit! You can embroider on stretchy T-shirts, fancy velvets - just about anything!

wendi Gratz, thank you for showing me how to work long and short stitch. I really want to do this, now I am a little bit more confident.

this is the easiest tutorial ive seen on a chain stitch..thank you !

I was on Pinterest and I saw a pin on chain stitching in order to create words on your work. And I thought that was cool that way your work gets to look really fancy. Although the site (after clicking on the link) does show step-by-step instructions with pictures I couldn't understand it. And it mentioned, "Fasten your yarn on the wrong side of the knitted piece." I know your video doesn't demonstrate that or maybe I missed it. But nonetheless I wanted to see how to chain stitch and I came upon your video which was great. Thank you for explaining so well and demonstrating a couple of times. And thank you for choosing a nice bright color. Sometimes when someone demonstrates using gray or black yarn I can't see were exactly the person is putting their tool in. So thank you.

Doing a project that requires a chain stitch, and found your video, looks easy, thank for posting. Will be watching the others also.

that was so much simpler than the diagrams in school or any other video i've seen. thank you!!

@abbyvanessa I recommend using either backstitch or couching for lettering. Both of them do well on tight curves (you just need to do smaller stitches with backstitching) and they're smooth and easy to read. I have videos for both of them - look in the embroidery playlist. Good luck! It sounds lovely!

they are The end result looks like a tambour stitch but they are worked differently. As far as I know, tambour stitch uses a crochet hook, while this is a straight embroidery technique.

Seriously the BEST tutorials ever! I watched so many, and yours are so easy, and precise. Thanks!

You really are a fantastic teacher. Thank you. I hope you have needlepoint videos.

Bless your soul, Wendi. This really helped me with my project (:

@abbyvanessa I recommend printing it out exactly as you want it to appear on the pillow, then trace it onto your fabric and embroider. Easy peasy!

Insta like. I understood the process in the first two stitches.

I love it too. :-) Sometimes I stitch with no TV or music - just so I can listen.

Thanks for this, I'm making an embroidery item for a wedding present and this stitch seems simple and a really nice idea to put on it! Wish me luck!

You have the best videos by far here on youtube for me. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with us. Jaimie

Love, love, love this video! Thanks for making it! Learnt it in a jiffy! Short, sweet, to the point!

Thank you so much, helped me for my textiles work at school!

Me gustan sus bordados, son fáciles y útiles mucho tiempo anduve buscando, gracias por compartirlos.

I found your videos on youTube, but you don't have one on the feather stitch, which I find the most difficult of the 10 basic stitches, will you please one? You are a wonderful instructer, thanks for for all your videos, now I have so much to practice, thanks

it rlly helps and its much better than other videos including my school's videos! thx!

it thought me alot about making chain stitch

We watch this in school a lot, who is watching in 2018? Also, I find that sound so satisfying when you pull the thread through idk why😂

I have to do this stitch for homework. Thank you for this!!

Terima kasih atas tutorialnya Bu. Ini sangat membantu saya dalam mengerjakan tugas sekolah saya.

Thanks! Super easy and well explained

wow ! thank you. it looks easy, after i watched your video. rather than i learn from the book

thank you so much! i had so many trouble with this stich, until i found your video. :)

Thank you very much, I watched another 10 basic stitches and this one made it much easier. The one that I watched made it much more difficult, and she couldn't have been in a hoop. Regardless, this way is much more difficult to do. I subscribed to you, but I'm not quite sure what that means. How do I find more youtube videos of your work? Thanks, David

thanks...you explain better than my art teacher😂😂😂

You had the best instructions off all

This is so helpful, U r a lifesaver

I just taught myself to embroider yesterday using a couple of photo tutorials. I couldn't make much sense of the instructions for the chain stitch, so I came here. I'm glad I did! Thank you so much for making it clear for me. (I have to admit that I put the needle back very close to the original hole, not in the original hole, for each stitch because otherwise, my last chain stitch would come loose. My one photo tutorial said that's okay. Is that fine?)

This helped me so much for my sewing class in school! Thanks!

Thanks for this- I've been asking my mum to teach me to do this for years!

These videos are super helpful, I have a hard time learning things like this from a book, so it's really nice to be able to watch these videos! Thanks so much for making them :D

I'm so glad they've been helpful! :-)

Thanks Wendy 😁☺️

I'd like to watch all your videos from beginning to end, keep me posted on how to find them Thanks!

This was a very clear, concise and informative video. I found it very helpful without being overly repetitive or simplified. I've subscribed to your channel to get more helpful embroidery tips. Keep up the good work! :)

Excellent demonstration! Thanks.

I have a project related to stitching and this video helped me a lot thank you sooooo much dear

A very clarifying video. What type of thread is more apprpiate for this type of embroidery?. Thank you.

Thanks you helped me with homework 😉

@verdeirisado Just about anything will work. In this video I'm using your basic 6-strand DMC embroidery thread.

Please, is this type of stitch the same as tambour stitch?. This one is realised with a hook. Do you know anything about tambour stitch?. Thank you so much for your helpful videos and your clear explanations.

i love your video's and they have really helped me thank you xxx i tend to get funny looks when i go and asked for my materials in our local habby shop becuase i am supposedly 'younger' than their usually cleintel and it really annoys me hahaha xxx

I'm glad it was helpful. :-)

thank's . This really helped for my project . Really glad i have watched your video

Hello. I'm loving you Simple teaching. I have a stain 3/4 way down a white linen blouse. Could you give me an idea of how to.cover it please it's such a lovely blouse

Thank you so much for this great tutorial! Any advice for embroidering cashmere please?

How many strands are you using

Thank you so much, Ms. Wendi!

I'm glad it was helpful!

Wendi, your videos have been really helpful, thank you! I do have somewhat of a related question that I simply cannot find the answer to anywhere, it seems. I'm planning on embroidering a simple, small design onto a baby's onesie and I'm wondering if I need to cover the reverse side of the clothing to protect the stitching/knots or the baby's skin? Any help anybody can offer would be appreciated! Thank you!

Hi Wendi! I'm interested to make a wedding ring pillow for myself and I would like to sew our names on top of the pillow. Is there any tips on how to sew names on fabrics? :)

This was really helpful. Thank you!

Excellent tutorial. Thank you.

@anncheeka You're welcome!

H, I'm an absolute beginner and I've just invested in an embroidery hoop but what type of material are you using for this?

Your videos are such a help! Thank You x

@tasnuvat Happy to help!

thank you so much for this video. you are so very clear.

thx for the tip bout for the chain stitch how about for french knot?????

I have trouble following the diagrams in books too - that's why I started making videos. :-)

thanks very helpful video. i will come back to you to learn more stitches

I see!! Actually I have never really done crafts before... This is my first time.let' say if I have a font I like,how can I sew that font to the pillow? Do I have to print on paper first or sth? Thanks for the advice!!!!!

me encantan los bordados pues bordo toallas felicitaciones'

@BennettAshleigh You'll need to use a stabilizer on the back of the onesie since it's stretchy. There's a video for that at wendigratz(dot)blogspot(dot)com/2010/12/how-to-embroider-stretchy-fabrics(dot)html . After I'm done stitching I cut away most of the excess stabilizer and then toss it in the wash. I find that the brand I use (Sulky) softens up nicely and isn't at all itchy to wear. No need to add anything to the inside. :-)

Thank you for showing these stitches!

tank you

I understand it now thanks this video helped me alot

When I do chain stitch with two strands it does not look like chain, it's like a line eventhough I'm not pulling the needle so tight, but still doesn't work

This really helped me a lot. :)

Thanks a lot.This really helped me!!

Hi Wendi, I've seen the chain stitch used to add sequins to lesage embroidery. At what point in this chain stitch cycle would you add the sequin?

Thanks so much! :-)

Please I need your help. I saw a video on Facebook where they were showing how to fix holes and stuff on pants using Chinese embroidery as well as patches. In two parts they make this wierd chain stitch and then pull it through the fabric and it sews layers together. The next one has a hole in some jeans and they lay the Jean oatch over top and make the wierd chain stitch around it then pull it all back through and the patch is sewed to the pants. I can NOT find this particular stuck after days and days of searching RU-vid. Please help! (I can link the Facebook video too if need be)