Pattern 58 is a similar idea, although this flower is easier to work.
Pattern:
Bobbins: 24 pairs (23 pairs green, 1 pair yellow)
Style: Bucks Point
Stitches:
half stitch and twist
twist
cloth stitch
cloth stitch and twist
Details:
cloth diamond (red)
horizontal edge (red)
honeycomb (green)
Torchon ground (grey)
cloth footside (grey)
hexagonal mat
how to finish
Description:
Follow the links above for explanation of how to work the different parts of the lace. The petals of the flower are started like a diamond (rather flat in shape as this is a Bucks Point grid). However, one side carries on while the other narrows, so the shape ends in a horizontal edge. There are some Torchon ground stitches, then the second petal starts with a horizontal edge. It looks tricky, but is fairly easy to work.
The start is along a diagonal, so one pair starts at each pin, and two at the edge. Above, I have marked the position of the false pins.
Click here for how to work a hexagonal mat. Click here for how to finish a mat.
There are other similar flowers in pattern 58, pattern 255 and pattern 277. I designed all these after seeing an old tapestry pattern of a flower on a website - see my version of it.
© Jo Edkins 2017 - return to lace index