chainstitch

In short, the chainstitch is a crochet or knitting stitch, while the lockstitch is a weaving stitch.

The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest Holland Thompson 1906

"It is called chainstitch, is it not?" said the aide-de-camp; "and Miss

Tales and Novels — Volume 10 Maria Edgeworth 1808

It is held in position around the lasting margin of the shoe by a run of overlock chainstitch loops.

Chapter 6 1982

The quantity of time and thread which has been wasted on chainstitch, and roundstitch, and all the other mysteries of the needle, in the last three centuries, is beyond all calculation.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Various

All bought and chainstitch hemmed at Blue in Green.

superfuture mlyngard 2010

the pattern is sublime stitching, and it's all chainstitch, except the backstitch used for the "reflection" on the rocket window

Archive 2009-08-01 amy 2009

the pattern is sublime stitching, and it's all chainstitch, except the backstitch used for the "reflection" on the rocket window

today's oops moment, and baby gifts! amy 2009

i once made new yarn out of old ends, crocheting them together with chainstitch. it became a baby toy or so... long time ago! hairy monster... but i couldnt throw them away.

Dead Ends II Rachael Elwell 2009

(except Hunt's, which was unknown, not having even been patented) had used the chainstitch, wasteful of thread and easily unraveled.

The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest Holland Thompson 1906

Size 32 and they were chainstitch hemmed to 34 "inseam when purchased from 2nd.

superfuture :: supertalk 2008