How to do Vertical Herringbone Stitch - Sarah’s Hand Embroidery

How to do the Vertical Herringbone Stitch

The Vertical Herringbone Stitch is a simple variation of the Herringbone Stitch. Instead of laying the stitches horizontally, overlapping each other, they are placed one under the other. It creates a neat line that can meander beautifully and become a foundation for many woven variations. I will work between two parallel vertical stitch lines.


Fig 1: Start by working a single Herringbone Stitch between the two stitchlines, as shown. .	Fig 2: Now, move a step down and make another Herringbone Stitch. Keep making more such stitches one under the other.

Fig 3: A finished row looks like this.