does anyone know what the official names are of these stitches?
This one is sort of a back stitch but looks like a running stitch. Unlike a running stitch, it doesn’t pull out. I think of it as a locking back stitch.
And what about this one? I think of it as an overcast stitch but not sure if that is right. I couldn’t find anything in all the embroidery books I have. And I have a lot.
It is for my pattern. I want to use the correct terms if I can figure out what they are!
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I think the first one is called a half back-stitch.
Right?
And my 7.5 year old daughter says the second one is overcasting (lol!).
I think the 2nd one is a blanket stitch…
bybido is right. The first stitch is a Half-Backstitch. The next stitch is an Overcast Stitch which I believe if you viewed your work from the backside would have the classic slant. The Overcast Stitch is usually worked to finish raw edges to prevent raveling. Two other stitches that might be confused with your Overcast Stitch are the Overhand Stitch and the Whipstitch. But your’s is Overcast.
I’d call the first half backstitch, and the second I’d call overhand stitch, I learned that overcasting is diagonal on both sides, and overhand is more straight on one side and diagonal on the other…
Hi Mimi, looks like these two ladies have got your stitches covered, but just in case, you can also likely either email Mary Corbett, or check her online stitch dictionary and video tutorials. She’s a great resource! Good luck.
http://www.needlenthread.com/
learn something new every day…i always thought i was doing a back stitch when doing the one like in that first photo…good luck with the pattern!!
Is the bottom one a blanket stitch?
Hi Mimi, Sharon Boggon’s blog is a wonderful source for embroidery and textile arts. There is even an embroidery dictionery. She’s a very kind person and I’m sure if you write to her she will be able to help you on that.
http://www.pintangle.com/
For what it’s worth, I think bybido is right, though I’m not properly qualified to say. Will wander over to Pintangle… thanks to glaucia for the link.
Hi Mimi. You can find all the stitches here: http://www.fiber-images.com/Free_Things/Reference_Charts/free_reference_charts_handsewing_stitches.html
The first one is the Half-Backstitch (the Even Backstich is worked more closely together).
The second one is the Overhand Stitch. Both the Overcast Stitch and the go diagonal when you look at them.
Hope this helps.
Thanks so much for all your help- you are wonderful! I like the name “Half back stitch”. That describes it perfectly. And the other- it is not a blanket stitch- that is something very different. I think that using it for applique versus construction probably gives it a different name- ie overcast/overhand versus whip.
Just found this old description from a 1917 sewing manual http://www.vintagesewing.info/1910s/17-ad/ad-06.html which refers to half back stitch. It also mentions seed stitch (an even tinier stitch on the front of the work) which I now mistily recall is what I used to hand-sew a zip into my wedding dress. It’s nice to learn (or re-learn) stuff!
I think that second one is a whipstitch isn’t it? At least that’s what I’ve always thought of it as….
I hesitated to say but I’m with Stephanie, I thought the second one is whipstitch, see
http://www.holiday-crafts-and-creations.com/whip-stitch.html
not whip stitch in my understanding- whip stitch is done on edges to connect 2 piece together. It is a seaming or construction stitch. It is also a slanting stitch. So, not exactly what I am doing here.