Border: Rose and Sheaf Pattern from The Young Ladies' Journal Complete Guide to the Worktable

Pattern #44 on page 134 of The Young Ladies' Journal Complete Guide to the Worktable, Border: Rose and Sheaf Pattern, was the same as the Border: Rose and Sheaf Pattern from page 113 of Tatting and Netting.

This time I did not place the lines of thread across the top and bottom of the Rose Pattern, even though both books showed that.  I also did not use Round Netting on Row 14 of the pattern this time but used regular plain netting for that row.  If you want to see how those affected the look of the edge, click here to go to the other post.

Here are the instructions as I wrote them for myself:

Fill three netting needles - one with single thread, one with double thread (2 threads held together and treated as one thread), and one with treble thread (3 threads held together and treated as one thread)

Row 1:  #3 knitting needle, netting needle filled with single thread

     Net 12 knots into the foundation loop.

Rows 2-3:  #3 knitting needle, netting needle filled with single thread

     Net 1 knot in each loop.

Rose Stitch 

NOTE: When comparing my instructions to those in the book, remember that the Rose Stitch is a two row pattern.  When they say do 2 rows of the Rose Stitch, they really meant complete 2 rows of the Rose Stitch which is 4 rows of netting.  Therefore, my instructions after row 5 have two more numbered rows than are indicated in the book.

Row 4:  3/8" flat mesh stick, netting needle filled with single thread

     With one knot, net together the two threads from each double-thread loop.

Row 5:  #2 knitting needle, netting needle filled with single thread

     Draw the first loop up through the 2nd loop and net into it.  Draw the second loop (the part under and between the legs of the first loop) up through the first loop and net into it.  Repeat this process with the next two loops and work across the row.

Row 6:  3/8" flat mesh stick, netting needle filled with single thread

     With one knot, net together the two threads from each double-thread loop.

Row 7:  #2 knitting needle, netting needle filled with single thread

     Net 1 knot in the first loop, draw the first loop up through the 2nd loop and net into it.  Draw the second loop (the part under and between the legs of the first loop) up through the first loop and net into it.  Repeat this process with the next two loops and work across the row. End with net 1 knot in the last loop.

Rows 8-9:  #3 knitting needle, netting needle filled with single thread

     Net 1 knot in each loop.

Row 10:  #3 knitting needle, netting needle filled with treble thread

     Net 1 knot in each loop.

Row 11:  #3 knitting needle, netting needle filled with single thread

     With one knot, net together the three threads from each treble-thread loop.

Row 11-13:  #3 knitting needle, netting needle filled with single thread

     Net 1 knot in each loop.

Row 14:  #3 knitting needle, netting needle filled with double thread

     Wrap the thread once around the mesh stick before starting this row, skip a loop, net 1 knot in the next loop, *wrap the thread once around the mesh stick, skip a loop, net 1 knot in the next loop*; repeat from * to *.