Split Stitch

When I first began to blog (which was not, in fact, very long ago) I thought that it would be fun to teach basic embroidery stitches. The first stitch I ever learned is the split stitch, so I decided that it would be fitting to teach that one first.

First, enter your fabric and make a small straight stitch. Then enter through the middle of that stitch as shown:

Exit by making another stitch next to the first.

Reenter the previous stitch in the middle.

Continue until you have entered your last stitch:

Make a small final stitch at the end.

The finished product should look like this:

(Tip; The smaller the stitch, the prettier the result. I embroidered very small stitches in this example, but often they are bigger and sloppier.)

-Avamae