Herringbone Stitch

Last week I said I would do a bit of tutorial for herringbone stitch since it seemed disproportionately difficult to find a tutorial for a relatively simple stitch.

To start, number of stitches doesn't matter as long as you have more than 3... if you want the pattern to show up that is.  

Then for the stitch you go to knit two stitches as if you were going to knit them together.

When you pull your loop through don't let the stitches on the left needle slip off.

Instead only slide off the first stitch (the one closest to the point of the needle).

After that you do this same pattern all the way across, making sure that the stitch that gets left on the needle becomes the stitch you slide off the next time.

When you get to your last two stitches you're going to treat them the same way you've treated the rest of the row.

Knitting the last two together, and leaving the second stitch on the needle.

With that single last stitch you knit as  you would normally.  

That's herringbone!  Not nearly as convoluted and confusing as it can come off!  

Stay sweet, stay crafty, and stay tuned