Broad Chain Stitch

Also called Reverse Chain Stitch.
A good stitch for outlining an area or motif. It is straight forward and can be worked very rapidly. For a smooth result try to keep each stitch the same length. Short stitch lengths allow Broad Chain Stitch to curve and curl smoothly. Broad chain stitch can be used as a substitute for Chain stitch in most designs.

1) Bring your needle up through the fabric.	2) Push your needle down through the fabric a little above.
3) You will now have a small running stitch.	4) Bring your needle up a stitch length below the starting stitch. * the size of the stitch length is entirely up to you.
5) It now looks like this.	6) Turn your needle round and push it, eye first, from right to left under the small running stitch.
7) Pull the needle and thread right through.	8) Push the needle, point first, through the fabric just to the left of the point where the thread came up. Don't pull too tight.
9) You have now made the first stitch of your broad chain stitch.	10) Bring your needle up a stitch length below the last stitch.
11) Reverse your needle and push it, eye first from right to left under both ends of the last stitch.	12) Pull the needle and thread right through.
13) Push the needle, point first, through the fabric just to the left of the point where the thread came up. Don't pull too tight.	14) You have now completed two links of your broad chain stitch.
15) Continue repeating instructions 10 to 13.