Blanket stitch

Basic Hand-Embroidery Stitches: 

Blanket stitch

What is Blanket stitch? The blanket stitch is a stitch used to reinforce the edge of thick materials. Depending on circumstances, it may also be called a whip stitch or a crochet stitch. It has both a catcher and decorative features. The stitch can be seen on both sides of the blanket.

How to do the Blanket stitch? Let’s go to try it now~

Material:  thread (red), needles, needle scissor, felt 

basic material

Firstly, thread on your needle and knot the thread tail end. Start by sending your front piece's felt by needle up from the back side (hide the tail knot inside the felt).

needle up from back

To complete your first stitch, bring your needle up from the back and then come out from the middle and it finish by pulling this stitch tight.

up from back to middle

Then send your thread from back to front,

back to front

pulling the thread until like the picture, 

pull the thread

then through the coil and tight it, 

needle go through the coil

so you can adjust the tightness.

adjust the tightness

Now you just continue each stitch step by step then you will finish on your way. 

continue the step until the end

Remember you can end out with the French knot, which is one of the finishing ways.

finish my blanket stitch