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This week in the Fancy Stitch Combo series, I�m going to show you how to work the Herringbone
Stitch, or one version of the Herringbone Stitch.
I�ve had a lot of requests for this, I�m excited to show you.
Let�s go ahead and take a look.
Here�s the Herringbone stitch in a bulky yarn, size 10.5 US needles.
This yarn is a little bit fuzzy, but you can still see how strong of a pattern this is.
It�s a zig-zaggy, um, herringbone pattern! [laughs]
I guess, you�d call it.
And let�s go ahead and take a look at the back of the work.
I think the back of the work is really cool looking.
This could actually be a stitch on it�s own.
Let me show you in a finer gauge, with a not-so-fuzzy yarn.
Really distinctive pattern with the zig-zags there, and then the wrong side of the work
is also very cool looking.
You can see these are blocked out and I�m still getting a little bit of curling on this,
not very much.
But there is some curling.
Something to keep in mind if you�re considering using this for a scarf, or a dishcloth, or
something like that.
And this one was knit with worsted weight yarn and size 7 needles, to give us this.
And this yarn is also just smoother and more tightly plied than this, this one is a bit
fuzzier.
Okay, let me show you how to work it.
This is done by casting on a multiple of three, plus one.
I�m going to use the long-tail cast on, I�m going to cast on 13.
If you need a review of the long-tail cast-on, I�ll give you a link right here.
Okay.
So the first row is a right side row.
I�m going to knit one, yarn over, and then I�m going to slip a stitch with the yarn
in back.
The abbreviation says WYIB, with yarn in back.
Oh! Also, the instructions for this are in the video description below, as well as on
my website.
So, let me start over.
I knit one, I yarn over, I slip one with yarn in back, then I�m going to knit two.
Now, that one that I slipped is the third stitch in.
I knit that one, I knit that one, I slipped that one.
I�m going to pass this stitch over the other two.
So it�s like a binding off action.
Pass that over, and I�ve decreased by one.
I increased with the yarn over, and I decreased by one by slipping that stitch over.
So I�m going to yarn over again � that�s the repeat.
Yarn over again, slip a stitch with the yarn in back, knit two, and then the third stitch
in is the slipped stitch, I�m going to pass that slipped stitch over the other two stitches.
Yarn over, slip one, knit two.
Pass the slipped stitch over.
And just like when you�re working a bind off, it�s good to have some tension on the
working yarn while you work this.
If it�s really loose, and the working yarn is really loose, you�re going to pull everything
off.
But some tension on the working yarn will help hold this stitch on the needle, making
it easier to pull that over.
Whoops.
I�m going to knit that stitch.
And Row 2, I want to show you how to work this, because it�s a little bit different
in that the slipped stitch is a little bit different.
I�m going to P one, purl one, and I�m going to slip a stitch with yarn in front.
So I keep the yarn here. I�m going to yarn over first.
Sorry.
I purled one, I�m going to yarn over.
So instead of just yarning over this way like a right side yarn over, I�m going to pull
the yarn over the needle and forward again.
So it�s almost like a wrap and a half.
Or it�s a full wrap, I guess.
So that I can slip it with the yarn in front.
I�m going to purl two stitches.
And then I�m going to pass that slipped stitch over, just like I did before.
And when I pass a slipped stitch over, I like to pull the yarn to the back, so I can see
what I�m doing.
The third stitch in is my slipped stitch, I pull that over and let go of it.
So again, I yarn over, pull the yarn forward and forward again between the two needles,
slip a stitch, purl two, and then I�m going to pass the slipped stitch over.
I�ll pull the yarn to back so I can see what I�m doing, grab the third stitch in,
tension on the working yarn, and pull that over.
And then you�ll continue that across the row, following the instructions.
And that�s it, the herringbone stitch.
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