Double Herringbone Stitch (version 2)
A member of the herringbone family
This version of double herringbone stitch creates a decorative zigzag pattern.
Guide-lines may be useful to keep the stitch even.
It is useful to mark the fabric with two parallel guide-lines using a water dissolvable marker or fade out fabric marker.
First work a row of herringbone stitch as the foundation.
The second row of this stitch is also herringbone worked over the top of the foundation row and through the fabric.
As you work the foundation row stitches flatten slightly so that only the tips of the crosses in the foundation row are seen.
This version of double herringbone can also be worked in multiple rows to create a filling for an area. The rows touch each other at the tips of the crosses. Beads or French knots can be placed in the grid like pattern that forms.This is a version of double herringbone often found decorating the seams in crazy quilting.