Isolated stitches

SallySue

Hi, Does anyone have any suggestions on the best or easiest way to deal with isolated stitches?  Thanks!

Samx

Loop start, pin stitch finish

karriboo

For a single stitch? Do the stitch as normal. After crossing the stitch over, come from the back to the front, lower left hand side of the x.  Then go left to right under the x, at the front and go back down to the back in the upper right hand corner. You can repeat the process by coming down once again at the back up in the lower right hand corner and then right to left once more and down this time in the upper left hand corner. Pull the stitches tight to keep them even with the rest of your stitches. After this you can then rap the end of the thread around the poll at the back and leave a slight "tail" when cutting off. That will prevent the floss from coming to the front and keep it at the back. I'm not sure if this is the only way to do this stitch but it works for me and does look good for a single stitch.

mgrurbbg

With 2 strands, I use a loop stitch and a pin-stitch to finish.  While it's harder to do a loop stitch with a single strand, it is definitely possible and --despite looking like it should slip right out--they are actually very secure. I will have to try kariboo's solution above for truly isolated stitches, though. It sounds as if it is self-contained within the single-stitch so it won't mess anything up if you aren't going to stitch right next to it.

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2016-10-21 22:00
For a single stitch? Do the stitch as normal. After crossing the stitch over, come from the back to  ...

Thanks for the information.  I'm going to sit down with a scrap of fabric and a cup of tea and give it a go!  I'll let you know how I do.

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For a single stitch? Do the stitch as normal. After crossing the stitch over, come from the back to  ...

thats a great idea, especially for the confetti type patterns that are popular at the moment. im going to give this a go when i sit down and stitch tonight!

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That's a really good idea. Will try it.

DorotaZ

I had to watch a tutorial on this one thread loop start / ending to understand it ... Incredible. Next time I'll try to do this method.

nowsy

try looking for some pinhead stitch tutorial, it works for starting and ending thread

TheOraclePatter

Does anyone know how to do a pin stitch on 28 count fabric? I'm struggling with it.

Kedi26237

Unfortunatly I don't know

slaho330

I will have to try this next time!

Flirti

Well, I will give this a try next time =) thanks

enylund

Sorry, what do you mean?

ks524

The Pinhead method is very easy

minahadji

Thank you for the useful question :)