This band is a little unexpected so I have diagrammed it. It is made up of a part of herringbone stitch which I have repeated along a line. The sections were worked close together. When worked like this they produce a wide interesting band.
I have not seen this variety documented but I am sure other stitchers have thought to do the same or a similar thing. I just call it a variety of herringbone. It is very simple but very effective as a border on things. I have used it often and it is quick to work particularly if you use a perle thread instead of wool.
How this stitch was worked.
Thread:
A hand dyed wool
Fabric:
This section of my sampler is worked on cream dress linen
Dyes:
Procion cold water dyes for the wool thread
Size:
All samples are 15 cm (6 inches) wide and stitched together in one long band sampler.
The sampler is currently 44 ft 5 inches or 533 inches (1353.83 centimetres) or 14.8 yards (13.53 metres) long and still being added to.
Date:
I started this section of the sampler in 2004 and completed it early 2005.
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