This is mundillo, or lace from Panama. Click here for more patterns.
These patterns are large scale, to show where the colours go. Reduce the pattern size, if you wish. There are coloured 'blobs' at the top and bottom of the patterns, showing where which coloured pair starts where (which is very important!) I have put these at both ends, so you can work the pattern either the British way, or the other way round.
Patterns:
Bobbins: 22 pairs (18 white, 4 red)
Style: Torchon
Stitches:
half stitch
cloth stitch
cloth stitch and twist
twist single pair
Details:
Torchon ground (grey + various)
rose ground (green)
ground diamonds (green)
diamond (red)
vertical edge (red)
twisted footside (various)
Description:
Follow the links above for explanation of how to work the different parts of the lace.
This introduces a new shape, with diamonds and triangles making a cross. I am not sure about the footside here. Other Panama lace seems to like a Winkie pin footside, but this looks more like a twisted footside. However, I am not sure what is happening with those triangles close to the footside. One edge is missing in the photo and the other isn't clear. So work it how you want! If you do a Winkie pin footside, then the bobbin count will be two less, and you won't have a white pair at the edge on starting.
In the red diamonds, there are two red pairs, one as workers, which colour the diamond, and the other goes through the middle of the diamond as central passive pair.
© Jo Edkins 2017 - return to lace index