Herringbone Stitches

I am aware that it's a bit odd to be obsessed with the minutiae of crochet! Herringbone Stitch is one that most definitely rings all my bells!
This post is the sister of the last post where I talked about Extended stitches. I described these as a stitch standing on the shoulders of a Chain or Slip stitch. The Herringbone stitch certainly fits into that family. It's the slip stitch at the base that makes it lean to one side.
As usual no one in the crochet world can agree, so there are several examples of Herringbone stitch. The English being eccentric also call it Knotted Stitch! This is my blog so I'm going to decide what seems sensible to me!

I'm calling this Herringbone Half Treble.

 This is what it looks like when worked to and fro.

  This is worked on the right side only.

 Here are the instructions:

Ch2 to start a new row.

Yarn over hook and insert hook in first st,

Yarn over, pull thru st and 1st loop on hook,

Yarn over, pull thru both loops on hook. 
 

Let's call this Herringbone Treble.

First worked to and fro.

Followed by from right side only.

Here are the instructions:

Ch3 to start a new row.

Yarn over hook and insert hook in first st,

Yarn over, pull thru st and 1st loop,

Yarn over, pull thru 1 loop on hook,

Yarn over, pull thru both loops on hook.

If you look back at my book review of Edie Eckman's Crochet Borders you'll see an example of how she has used Herringbone.

Just a short and sweet post this week, but I hope you can find a use for these fabulous stitches.