Published Sources of Platonic Dual Designs

The dual relationship of the Platonic solids is a common structure for temari designs. The tables below list the published patterns using this structure. These are only designs that use stitched triangles, squares and pentagons. They do not include any designs that might use other stitching elements (such as a tri-wing in a triangle) in the same structure.

The information in these tables is taken from my personal library. I do not have access to all of the published temari pattern sources so it is not a complete listing. All Japanese books are listed but their ISBN number as well as their translated title. The title translations are from the book listing on TemariKai.com. Please note that it is possible to translate titles differently so you may know the source by a slightly different name, but the ISBN number is absolute.

Dual Tetrahedra

ISBN Title Designs Language
0-87040-949-2 Temari Traditions: More Techniques for Japanese Thread Balls Triads pg.63 English
4-529-02782-1 Olympus Purple pg.3 #4, 5, pg.64 #52, pg.65 #52, 53, 54 Japanese
4-8377-0280-5 Cosmo 2 pg.3 #16 Japanese
4-8377-0281-3 Cosmo 3 pg.8 #4 Japanese
4-8377-0282-1 Cosmo 4 pg.6 #1, 2, pg.21 #1, 2, pg.24 #6 Japanese
4-8377-0283-0 Cosmo 5 pg.2 #4, pg.5 #8, pg.6 #5, 6, pg.25 #6, 8, pg.29 #6 Japanese
4-8377-0292-9 Flower Temari from Kyoto pg.4 #1, pg.10 #6 Japanese
4-8377-0391-7 Special Temari from Owari Japan pg.15 #10 Japanese
4-8377-0393-3 Temari from Kii pg.5 #9, pg.7 middle heart and club designs, bottom left Japanese
4-8377-0394-1 Tokyo Temari pg.19 #12 Japanese
4-8377-0395-X Flower Temari: Beginner's Course pg.8 #2, pg.12 #3 Japanese
4-8377-0591-X Temari for 12 Months Volume 2 pg.34 all Japanese
4-8377-0784-X Cosmo 6 pg.32 bottom right, bottom left Japanese
4-8377-0790-4 Temari for Four Seasons Volume 1 pg.19 left(shades of peach) Japanese
4-8377-0890-0 Folk Craft Temari pg.12 middle(orange and green), pg.13 big picture left(purple, yellow, red), pg.21 bottom right Japanese
4-8377-0990-7 Folk Craft Temari Volume 2 pg.9 #6 Japanese
4-8377-1188-X Temari Postcard pg. 4 #8, pg.16 #3, pg.21 #6, pg.32 #2 Japanese


Dual Cube and Octahedron Designs

ISBN Title Patterns Language
0-87040-949-2 Temari Traditions: More Techniques for Japanese Thread Balls Neo pg.71 English
4-8377-0280-5 Cosmo 2 pg. 3 # 10, pg.6 #1, pg.7 #3, 10 Japanese
4-8377-0281-3 Cosmo 3 pg. 6 #2, pg.9 #13, pg.10 #2 also black and white, pg.11 #4, 6, butterfly (black, white and red), pg.12 #1 Japanese
4-8377-0282-1 Cosmo 4 pg.7 #6, pg.15 top right, pg.20 #3 and 4, pg.21 #5 Japanese
4-8377-0283-0 Cosmo 5 pg.4 #3, 5 Japanese
4-8377-0292-9 Flower Temari from Kyoto pg. 3 #1, pg.6 #6, pg.8 middle left (green pink yellow red), pg.10 #7 Japanese
4-8377-0391-7 Special Temari from Owari Japan pg.12 #3, pg.15 #8 Japanese
4-8377-0393-3 Temari from Kii pg. 6 bottom right, pg.20 #4 Japanese
4-8377-0394-1 Tokyo Temari pg. 8 #1 and 2 Japanese
4-8377-0395-X Flower Temari: Beginner's Course pg.8 #6 Japanese
4-8377-0491-3 Temari for Four Seasons Volume 2 pg.23 #6 Japanese
4-8377-0591-X Temari for 12 Months Volume 2 pg.15 left, pg.46 #2-5 Japanese
4-8377-0597-9 Unbelievable Temari from Nagano pg.14 #8, pg.15 #6, pg.22 #7 Japanese
4-8377-0690-8 Temari for 12 Months Volume 1 pg.106 and 107 Japanese
4-8377-0784-X Cosmo 6 pg.10 #1, 4 and 8 Japanese
4-8377-0890-0 Folk Craft Temari pg.10 middle(yellow and green), pg.12 bottom right, pg. 13 purple and white, pg.22 left, pg.24 top right(red and white), pg.153 top left, bottom right Japanese
4-8377-0990-7 Folk Craft Temari Volume 2 pg.8 #3 and 5, pg.53 top Japanese


Dual Icosahedron and Dodecahedron

ISBN Title Patterns Language
0-87040-949-2 Temari Traditions: More Techniques for Japanese Thread Balls Plum Blossom pg.89 English
4-529-02782-1 Olympus Purple pg.1, pg.8 #19, pg.13 #25 Japanese
4-8377-0103-5 Fun with Temari pg.2 #1 Japanese
4-8377-0199-X Dream Temari: Classic to Modern pg.15 #6 Japanese
4-8377-0280-5 Cosmo 2 pg.29 middle left (red and white, has some wrapped lines) Japanese
4-8377-0281-3 Cosmo 3 pg.3 #10, pg.5 #8, pg.7 #4 Japanese
4-8377-0282-1 Cosmo 4 pg.1 bottom right, pg.4 #2, pg.5 #9, pg.10 #3 (with some wrapped lines), pg.10 #4, pg.15 top left(orange, green, white), pg.29 all Japanese
4-8377-0283-0 Cosmo 5 pg.1 left, pg.7 #8, 9, 10, pg.8 #2, pg.9 #3 Japanese
4-8377-0292-9 Flower Temari from Kyoto pg.1 #2 and 3, pg.2 #2, pg.3 #5, pg. 4 #3, pg.14 #6 Japanese
4-8377-0393-3 Temari from Kii pg.4 #3 main picture, pg.21 #5, pg.24 #1 Japanese
4-8377-0394-1 Tokyo Temari pg.3 #8, 9 Japanese
4-8377-0395-X Flower Temari: Beginner's Course pg.9 #2, 3, 4, 5, 7 Japanese
4-8377-0591-X Temari for 12 Months Volume 2 pg.23 right Japanese
4-8377-0597-9 Unbelievable Temari from Nagano pg.7 #6, pg.8 #4, pg.14 #3, pg.18 #6, pg.20 #4 Japanese
4-8377-0690-8 Temari for 12 Months Volume 1 pg.5 top Japanese
4-8377-0695-9 Elegant Temari from Osaka and Kyoto pg.15 middle box Japanese
4-8377-0696-7 Creative Temari pg.5 #2 pg.14 #3 #5 pg.30 #2 Japanese
4-8377-0784-X Cosmo 6 pg.20 #2, pg.32 middle Japanese
4-8377-0885-4 Cosmo 7 pg.24 #3 Japanese
4-8377-0890-0 Folk Craft Temari pg.4 bottom(two small temari), pg.18 bottom 2 balls, pg.8 bottom middle(pink and green), Front cover bottom right Japanese
4-8377-0990-7 Folk Craft Temari Volume 2 pg.10 #1, pg.17 #11, pg.53 bottom middle, pg.72 Japanese
4-8377-1188-X Temari Postcard pg.32 #5 Japanese

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