How to Latch Hook a Back Stitch

When you make your own latch hook project from scratch, you may find it much easier if you outline the objects. It is best to make a back stitch to form color borders and outlines. When you make a back stitch on a latch hook project, you actually sew it with a needle. It would be difficult to form the stitch with a latch hook tool. A large-eye needle will work best when you make a latch hook back stitch.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Yarn
• Large-eye needle

1. 
    
   Large Mesh Canvas

   Thread needle with yarn in the color needed for the section of the picture. Knot the end of the yarn.

2. 
    
   Needle Down Through

   Insert needle into latch hook canvas at the top of the outline.

3. 
    
   Knot Under Canvas

   Pull the yarn through until the knot catches at the back of the canvas. You will have a small line of one stitch on the top of the canvas.

4. 
    

   Come back to the hole where the previous stitch was started. Insert needle and push it down through the fabric.

5. 
    

   Pull the yarn all the way through to complete the back stitch.

6. 
    

   Insert needle through the bottom of the fabric. Bring yarn back up through at the next hole. Insert needle at the hole where the previous stitch was started.

7. Continue the back stitch to the end of the outline. Continue with other colors on the project piece.

Tips & Warnings

• The back stitch is the same one used in embroidery and sewing.