Formed by three or four consecutive short, tight threads stitched at end of embroidery to prevent raveling
1) Commonly referred to as a lock-down or tack-down stitch, a lock stitch is formed by three or four consecutive stitches of at least a 10-point movement It should be used at the end of all columns, fills and at the end of any element in your design where jump stitches will follow, such as color changes or the end of a design May be stitched in a triangle, star or in a straight line 2) Lock stitch is also the name of the type of stitch formed by the hook and needle of home sewing machines, as well as computerized embroidery machines
A stitch made on a sewing machine by the interlocking of the upper thread and the bobbin thread
A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines