Hello Martha and everyone I would call these 'ground diagrams' - or 'grids' - your second one is the alignment used for Torchon ground, and variations. The first looks to me like Kat stitch ground. The others I would have to work out based on what I might do (CT, CTC, or whatever) at intersections and pathways. There are reference books about this sort of thing with diagram, photo and text for each ground described. A classic is The Book of Bobbin Lace Stitches by Cook and Stott, now available digitally. At least one newer title methodically investigates bobbin lace grounds variations: Gründe mit System by Uta Ulrich. Check out tesselace.com for Veronica's interesting study of grounds, and more stitch/ground diagrams. Some of the diagrams are quite beautiful on their own.
Usually a complicated-looking ground area in a pattern has an explanation given with the pattern. Hope this helps. On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 10:56 PM, Osgood Martha <[email protected]> wrote: > Iâm trying to learn how to âreadâ the stitch notations I see in various > places. The second graphic tells me (I think) to use half stitch. But > there > are many I donât know, including the other four. I wonder if there is a > comprehensive online âdictionaryâ of stitch notations for bobbin lace. > -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
