LESSON 79: Herringbone chain stitch

Tutorial for herringbone chain stitch:

We present this herringbone chain stitch tutorial for you to enjoy. This pretty stitch is often used as a fancy row stitch and looks like a tree or vine.

Work from top to bottom. Fig. A: Take out the needle in 1 and take out all the thread and put it back in the same place and take it out in 2, below and to the left with the thread below the needle. Pass all the needle and all the thread pulling gently.

Fig. B: Insert the needle at 3 (note that points 1, 2 and 3 form a straight line) and pull it out from the same place as 3, with the thread below the needle at 5 (now points 4 , 3 and 5 form the straight line) and take it out at 6, at the height of 3 to start the next repetition. Keep making chain stitches with long tails alternating from right to left. Close the last link with a linear stitching point.

From here we invite you to try it and you will be surprised by the effect. I encourage you to try and you will love it.

Follow the tutorial step by step and you will see how while you are sewing you can think of other ways to make other stitches, even combined with all the ones that I am putting here. You can use it both in borders, as in curtains, sheets, towels etc. or as a simple ornament point in one of your paintings. It is best to follow the video step by step here:

Materials

• You need a blunt needle. In your trusted haberdashery they can advise you on this.
• Thimble, we know that it is not easy to get used to it, but the earlier you adapt, the better, you will avoid many punctures.
• Special pearl or mouliné thread. Or you can also use fine crochet yarn
• Frame, there are made of wood, plastic and silicone. Lately I spend the silicone ones because I like them better, but that goes to taste.
• Light, the more the better and to be able to be natural

If you liked this lesson in fancy knit combined in two colors or just one, you can try some more of the ones we publish here