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How to Duplicate Stitch

By Sarah E. White, About.com

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Situate the Needle

Duplicate stitch step 1

Pulling the yarn through the point of the V.

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Duplicate stitch is a versatile way of adding color to a project. It can be done on the knit side of stockinette stitch fabric and forms Vs over the stitches that "duplicates" the stitch that is already there.

To start, decide where you want your stitching to begin and bring the point of a needle threaded with yarn up through the point of the V in the first stitch you want to duplicate. Pull the yarn through.

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