Also known as: Indian herringbone stitch
This stitch lays foundation for many other complicated weavings and variations of herringbone stitch. Like the name suggests, it is a combination of two rows of herringbone stitches made over each other. It also forms an important part of one of the most famous of ethnic indian embroideries called Kutch work, a possible reason why it is also called the Indian herringbone stitch.
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| Herringbone stitch: First, make a row of herringbone stitch. This will form the foundation, over which we will do the second row of herringbone stitch, slightly woven into it. |
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| Fig 1: Bring the needle out from A, put it in through B and then take the needle back out from C, like you would for a herringbone stitch. Make sure A, B and C lies in sync with the stitch points of the previous herringbone stitch, as illustrated. | Fig 2: Now, take your needle above the stitch A-B, but below the stitch of the previous herringbone row. This is an important process. | |
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| Fig 3: Continue with the similar process throughout. | Fig 4: A finished row of double herringbone stitch should show up like this, as though woven into each other.  |
Tags: catch stitch, embroidery tutorial, hand embroidery, herringbone, herringbone stitch, indian embroidery, kutch work, mossoul stitch, plaited stitch
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Is it possible to do a triple herringbone stitch with three different colors of thread?
I am wanting to do something like that but am not finding any tutorials or anything.
Hi Stephanie,
I have not really tried a ‘triple herringbone stitch’, even if exists. But it could be tried. That is what creativity adn imagination is all about. Only, I don’t get an idea where you might place the third row of herringbone stitch.