Bucks Point bar. See pattern 311.
A Bucks Point bar can be part of a zigzag. It is made of honeycomb surrounded by gimps. I suggest that you understand all these before trying bars.
bar pattern
The diagram below avoids the complexities of the individual stitches by showing each pair of threads as a single line. Where one line crosses another inside the bar, you should work it as half stitch and twist, pin, half stitch and twist (or honeycomb). The gimp is shown in pink. Click here to see how to work a gimp. Outside the gimp is not part of the bar, and so will be worked in whatever stitch is required - perhaps a headside or ground.
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Working: First work all lace above the bar, down to but not including the top gimp.
Work all pairs through the top gimp (marked in pink).
Work the top pair across all others in honeycomb to make the top diagonal row.
Work the pairs, two at a time, in honeycomb to make the centre stitches.
Work the top pair across all others in honeycomb to make the bottom diagonal row.
Work all pairs through the bottom gimp (marked in pink).
Take care with the start and finish, or with the bend of the zigzag. Since these bars may be quite big, if you use the wrong pair at the top, you may not realise until you get to the bottom that you now have a missing or surplus pair, and then you will have a lot of undoing ahread of you (been there, done that!)
© Jo Edkins 2017 - return to lace index
