This band is a line of herringbone stitch.

Thread:

A hand dyed mercerised cotton

Fabric:

This section of the sampler is worked on tea towel linen which is not quite an even weave.

Dyes:

Procion cold water dyes for coyton 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:

This section of the sampler is dated 1996 - Jan 1998

The back story

This post is part of series documenting a hand embroidered band sampler, which I am writing about band by band. The series appears every second day. The sampler now measures over 44 feet long and is still growing as I still stitch it. For more of the back story of the piece read my introductory post 

All posts in the series are in the category For the Love of Stitching band sampler If you are thinking of working a sampler I have answered a few questions about width and fabric choice. In For the love of stitching  band sampler just got bigger! I have explained how I back and join the sections of sampler together. 

If you looking for a stitch guide to hand embroidery stitches, instructions can be found in my stitch dictionary