The fundamental stitch produced by most home and industrial sewing machines. A needle pushes a top thread through the fabric to form a loop, and a rotating hook passes a lower bobbin thread through that loop. The two threads interlock in the middle of the fabric layers, creating a secure, non-stretching seam that will not easily unravel if a single thread breaks.
Heard on the job
Check your bobbin tension if the lockstitch is pulling to the bottom of the fabric.
Do not mix it up with
- Overlock: A lockstitch uses a bobbin to interlock threads inside the fabric, while an overlock loops multiple threads over the raw edge.