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Inspiration for this month's sprang lace comes from pieces in the collection of the Art and History Museum in Brussels, Belgium. This month's motifs add a new stitch: the rope stitch. Mostly these type of lace patterns feature lace stitches that are worked every three rows. This means you work lace stitches on a plait row, and then the next time you work lace stitches it will be on an overplait row.
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For a bit of instruction on the stitch I call the rope stitch, at the right you will find a video I adapted from a sprang lace class that will help you with this month's motifs
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Sharon calls this simple motif the "croissant" because it reminds her of the shape of those French bakery rolls.
The motif employs the use of "rope stitches". 
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July motif B ... rather relaxed
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July motif B, stretched sideways
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Expanding on the above motif, you can make an elongated mandala. Again, lace stitches happen sometimes on a plait row, and sometimes on an overplait row.
Now, the holes in motif B are not quite the same as the holes in the window square. For the window square I repeated rows, to make the holes longer. Let me know if you require a more detailed explanation.
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At the right is the chart Carol used to create this month's window square. At the left you will find the written instructions for the lace square.
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