This could be used as a Christmas tree decoration. Click here for more Christmas decorations.
Pattern:
Bobbins: 29 pairs (1 pink pair, 1 yellow pair, 26 white pairs, 1 green gimp or pair)
Style: Bucks Point / Torchon
Stitches:
half stitch and twist
cloth stitch
cloth stitch and twist
gimp (green)
twist pair
Details:
Bucks Point net (grey)
cloth stitch shape (red)
vertical edge (red)
cloth diamond (yellow)
cloth footside (grey)
hexagonal mat
how to start and finish
Description:
Follow the links above for explanation of how to work the different parts of the lace.
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.
This pattern was in honour of my great niece, Rosalie, so it had to be a rose. I designed a pretty wild rose pattern as a hexagonal mat, then my husband pointed out that roses have five petals, not six! So I constructed a five-way or pentagonal grid especially for this pattern. It's worked just like a hexagonal mat except you turn th pillow five times, not six.
The petals are coloured pink by the pink worker pair, so make sure you start that pair in the correct place. Similarly start the yellow pair which will colour the centre in the right place. There is a gimp surrounding the petals, which helps to emphasise the shape. I made this a green pair, working through all pairs crossing it in cloth stitch and twist, but you could do a conventional gimp if you prefer.
The petals have a vertical edge.
© Jo Edkins 2017 - return to lace index