Lotus & Lattice
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Introduction
Lotus grounds are usually used in small braids, typically 14-18 pairs of bobbins.
The grounds consist of a number of rows with two or more cloth stitches followed with a changing number of twists in the weaver. Lotus starts with a cloth stitch, and ends with a cloth stitch with the neighbouring petal. In between the lotus-rows, zero, one or more rows with e.g. half stitch, pin, half stitch are made.
If the end is made with the same pairs as the start, the ground is called Fish.
Please note: some of the examples below are known als Lattice.
Lotus notation
Lotus H,V,X means: the number of Horizontal rows, the number of Verticals and the number of rows in between. See the picture.
Lotus examples
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