This is a square form of pattern 279.
Pattern:
Bobbins: 23 pairs
Style: Torchon
Stitches:
half stitch
cloth stitch
cloth stitch and twist
cross
plait
twist pair
Details:
cloth zigzag (red)
half stitch zigzag (blue)
cloth diamond (red)
half stitch diamond (blue)
triangular ground (green)
rose ground (yellow)
rose ground edge (yellow)
double Torchon ground (grey)
square mat
how to 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. The false pins are the last pins of the previous quarter. Hang the bobbins from these, then after working the first row in the first quarter, remove each false pin, and pull the thread through to remove the loop. Ignore the cross-overs of the rose ground near the edge. That does not apply to the start. It will be done as part of the last rose ground units at the very end of the pattern.
Click here for how to finish a mat. When you get to the end, remove the first row of pins, work the last row of pins then tie off as usual.
I designed this pattern and pattern 279 together, so see what would happen to the same pattern on a square grid or a circular grid. These patterns have identical stitches in identical order, with the same number of bobbins. The only distance is that this pattern has its corners squashed in and the middle of the edges pushed out, to make a circle. One problem is that this design favoured this pattern. There is a definite weakness with the rose ground edge for pattern 279, and the circle is trying to turn back into a square! Anyway, here are the two side by side, to compare.
© Jo Edkins 2016 - return to lace index