Laced Herringbone Stitch

Also known as: German Interlacing Stitch

This stitch requires a base of herringbone stitch, around which we weave using a contrasting colored thread. It is highly decorative and so makes a good stitch for borders.

You need to know how to do herringbone stitch before beginning this tutorial.

Herringbone Stitch: Make a row of herringbone stitch for the base.
Fig 1: Begin from the left end of the herringbone stitch row. Bring out a contrasting colored thread from the center and take it up and down the ‘legs’ of the cross, as shown.Fig 2: Go up and down the herringbone stitch and the working thread, like illustrated. We would be encircling each ‘crossing’ of the herringbone stitch.
Fig 3: After encircling the first ‘crossing’, we move to the next one.Fig 4: Continue with the similar pattern of encircling before moving to the next ‘crossing’.
Fig 5: A portion of the finished laced herringbone stitch would look like this.

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