Chevron stitch
How the Chevron stitch is worked, what it is used for, and the stitches that go with it.
- Family
- line
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Thread use (x)Line, knot, detached, couching, edging and composite stitches: cm of thread per cm of stitched line. Filling stitches: cm of thread per square cm of solid cover with all six strands (halve the strands and the figure doubles). Working figures used by the thread length estimator; they include the thread on the back but not starts and ends.
- 4.2 x
- Used for
- Zigzag borders and bands, smocking on gathered fabric.
- How it works
- A zigzag line with a short straight stitch across each point, worked between two parallel lines. Related to herringbone but the diagonals do not cross; the small bars sit on the outside of the zigzag.
- Related stitchesStitches built from this one, or worked the same way
- Herringbone stitch
Nearby in embroidery stitches16 of 35