How to make a needle double stitch
Clockwise, then anticlockwise.
Step by step
- Thread the needle and leave a tail.
- Wrap the thread clockwise round your left index finger.
- Scoop it onto the needle and snug it.
- Wrap anticlockwise and scoop again.
- Pull snug: one double stitch.
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