This is an experiment using a sideways Bucks Point grid. See pattern 495.
Pattern representation of honeycomb
This looks very similar to Honeycomb (or Kat stitch), but it is worked on a different grid. The lines are at 60° to the horizontal rather than the vertical. This means that the basic honeycomb pattern has to be worked in an entirely different way, and the hexagons have a flat top rather than a point at the top. A tradition pattern may just give the pinholes. I prefer to mark out exactly where the pairs go - see above right.
The important difference in this ground from normal Bucks Point grid is that for some pins, one pair travels horizontally, either from left to right, or from right to left. It is necessary to know which! So I mark the direction with an arrow. It is easiest to see with Kat stitch.
If you are doing sideways Kat stitch, then all stitches should be half stitch, pin, half stitch, and the pairs travel throughout the lace like this:
If you are doing sideways honeycomb, then all stitches should be half stitch and twist, pin, half stitch and twist, and the pairs travel throughout the lace like this:
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