A method on a shuttle embroidery machine, equipped with a needle plate and with presser feet arranged next to a needle, for ensuring loop formation when embroidering elastic embroidery bases, embroidery bases having ornaments or embroidery bases having recesses created by drills, which are to be embroidered around in the embroidery base, characterized by the following steps: - inserting the needle into the embroidery base and introducing an elastically configured, displaceable holder arranged between the presser feet and surrounding the needle, until the holder makes contact with the embroidery base or the ornament on the embroidery base, - continuing the insertion process of the needle at the same time as the holder is stopped on the ornament or the embroidery base and increasing the contact force on the embroidery base by built-up spring tension, - reversing the stroke of the needle at a front reversal point and partially withdrawing the needle to form a loop of the needle thread between the eye (3") of the needle and the embroidery base, which is pressed by the spring-loaded holder on the needle plate, and - moving the shuttle into the thread loop, - further withdrawing the needle from the embroidery base and lifting the holder off the surface of the embroidery base, wherein - the method is designed to prevent the embroidery base from lifting along with the retracting needle between the presser feet. characterized by the following steps: - inserting the needle into the embroidery base and introducing an elastically configured, displaceable holder arranged between the presser feet and surrounding the needle, until the holder makes contact with the embroidery base or the ornament on the embroidery base, - continuing the insertion process of the needle at the same time as the holder is stopped on the ornament or the embroidery base and increasing the contact force on the embroidery base by built-up spring tension, - reversing the stroke of the needle at a front reversal point and partially withdrawing the needle to form a loop of the needle thread between the eye (3") of the needle and the embroidery base, which is pressed by the spring-loaded holder on the needle plate, and - moving the shuttle into the thread loop, - further withdrawing the needle from the embroidery base and lifting the holder off the surface of the embroidery base, - inserting the needle into the embroidery base and introducing an elastically configured, displaceable holder arranged between the presser feet and surrounding the needle, until the holder makes contact with the embroidery base or the ornament on the embroidery base, - continuing the insertion process of the needle at the same time as the holder is stopped on the ornament or the embroidery base and increasing the contact force on the embroidery base by built-up spring tension, - reversing the stroke of the needle at a front reversal point and partially withdrawing the needle to form a loop of the needle thread between the eye (3") of the needle and the embroidery base, which is pressed by the spring-loaded holder on the needle plate, and - moving the shuttle into the thread loop, - further withdrawing the needle from the embroidery base and lifting the holder off the surface of the embroidery base, wherein - the method is designed to prevent the embroidery base from lifting along with the retracting needle between the presser feet. - the method is designed to prevent the embroidery base from lifting along with the retracting needle between the presser feet.