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Pattern 288 - Vertical variable grid

Picture of lace

Pattern:
   Pattern of lace

Bobbins: 20 pairs (2 pairs dark blue, 18 pairs pale blue)

Style: Torchon

Stitches:
   half stitch
   cloth stitch
   cloth stitch and twist
   twist single pair (grey)

Details:
   cloth stitch zigzag (red)
   half stitch diamond (blue)
   Torchon ground (grey)
   twisted footside (grey)

Description:

Follow the links above for explanation of how to work the different parts of the lace.

This grid is the one with vertical waves (top to bottom). The cloth stitch zigzags and half stitch diamonds are distorted by the grid in various ways. The zigzags are coloured by the worker pairs, which helps to emphasise the distortions.