Rose and line ground is an extension of the idea of rose ground. There are units of rose ground with lines of Torchon ground between. See pattern 44. I advise that you are confident with working rose ground before attempting this.
Pattern representation of rose and line ground
Since this is rather involved, my patterns show the directions of all the threads, with the rose ground coloured differently to the Torchon ground.
The diagram below avoids the complexities of the individual stitches by showing each pair of threads as a single line.
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Working: The start may come from lines of ground, or from some solid area of lace, such as a diamond. The top four pairs are worked in a unit of rose ground, including the cross-overs before and after. Then lines of Torchon ground are worked underneath, to frame the rose ground. That leaves the pairs in position for the next unit of rose ground, and so on. This is not like conventional rose ground, as the cross-overs are worked before and after every single unit of rose ground, not just one set of cross-overs between different units. However, there is only a single line of Torchon ground between different units of rose ground.
© Jo Edkins 2016 - return to lace index
