I'm specifically thinking about the herringbone double crochet stitch. By making a few slight changes in the regular double crochet stitch, you get a new stitch that creates the illusion of herringbone.
It's hard to explain in words, but here goes:
1) yarn over and insert hook into next st (same as usual)
2) yarn over and pull up a loop through the stitch AND THE FIRST LOOP ON YOUR HOOK. This step is different than the regular dc; you should have 2 loops on your hook
3) yarn over and pull up a loop through THE FIRST LOOP ON YOUR HOOK. This step is also different than the regular dc; you still have 2 loops on your hook
4) yarn over, and pull up a loop through the last 2 loops on your hook to finish the stitch (same as usual).
I hope this short video also is helpful to you in giving this fun variation on the regular dc stitch a try!
