A running stitch is worked by passing the needle in and out of the fabric. The stitches can be of varying length and there can be short/long running stitches. Look up needle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Sunday textile market on the sidewalks of Karachi, Pakistan. ...
The upper stitches should be of equal length and the under stitches should be about half their size.
There is also the double running stitch which is a variation of the backstitch and running stitch. Working from left to right, you come up through the fabric and then down then up a distance ahead and down. You can work another stitch ahead again or come back and fill in a previous area. Note that there are characteristics of the backstitch and running stitch. A 1-D stitch. ...