For backing you hoop you will use 2-4 threads (it will state on your instructions with your kit how many to use) and you will have to knot the ends, don't use the loop method.
Start by doing a running stitch around the edge of your fabric. This is simply a normal stitch going in and out of your fabric. When you have gone all the way around pull gently and your fabric should bunch together. Next, do a back stitch to secure your fabric and come up through the edge of the fabric next to your hoop and place your felt at the back (you may have 2 pieces of felt; refer to your kit instructions for what to do with the other piece).
Now we will begin the blanket stitch. Put your needle in the felt about an inch away from the edge of the hoop. Come out right next to where you first came out and make sure your needle is in front of the thread. Pull gently and you will have made your first stitch.
For your second stitch put your needle in about an inch away from your first and and an inch away from the edge again. Come straight up by the edge of your fabric and again make sure the thread is behind your needle. Pull gently and you will have made your second stitch. Repeat until you reach the end.
When you do reach the end (or if you run out of thread) you need to secure your stitching. Make a small stitch where you have finished then make another in the same place but instead of pulling all the way bring your needle through the loop twice and pull. This should make a knot.
If you are at the end of the circle you will now need to make another knot at the next stitch. Take your needle across and under the thread of the next stitch (which is also your first stitch). Put it under again and come up through the loop like your did before to make a knot. Then to hide your excess thread push your needle down under the felt and pull. Snip your thread where it comes back out and you will have backed your hoop.
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