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Notebook Entry - 050202

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Source

Japanese book ISBN 4-8377-0890-0 Folk Craft Temari p.8 top right, p.71

Classification

C8, interwoven, crossover

Size

25cm circumference

Materials

Wrap

neon green cone thread (Maxi Lock)

Marking

Anchor #8 perle color 410

Design threads

Anchor #8 perle

blue 410, orange 332, purple 102

Division/Marking

C8

Diagrams

Diagram 1  
Diagram 2  

Directions

1. Wrap mari and mark a C8.
2. To help you keep track of your stitching order, place markers pins of different colors at the N pole and two adjacent 8-way intersections on the obi.
3. The stitches for the first stitching path will be taken on the straight lines at the N pole. (See Diagram 1) The thread will continue along the line to the 4-way intersection at the obi where it will crossover to the other side of the line and continue to the opposite 8-way intersection taking a stitch there. Continue on until you meet back at your starting place. (red path on diagram 1) You will need to repeat this path at the N pole so that there are stitches on all four of the straight lines. (blue path on diagram 1) Then repeat for the two marked 8-way intersections at the obi. You will be building up hexagons at the 6-way intersections and have crossovers at all 4-way intersections.
4. The stitches for the second path are taken on the diagonal lines at the N pole. (See Diagram 2) The thread will crossover to the other side of the line at the 4-way intersection and continue on to the next 8-way intersection (on the obi in this case). Continue to crossover at the 4-way intersections and stitch at the 8-way intersections until you return to your start point. (green path on diagram 2) Repeat starting for each of the diagonal lines at the N pole. (orange, yellow and purple paths on diagram 2)
5. Alternate stitching on path 1 and path 2 using the following color sequence:

   path 1	path 2
   blue	blue
   blue	blue
   blue	blue
   purple	orange
   orange

Notes

The original was done with shades of color from light to dark. This is a good one for practicing your shitagake stitching technique. There are several variations I can thing of to explore:

1. Don't alternate paths, stitch all rows on path 2 and then all on path 1 using a different color for each. Or reverse the order.
2. Use a high contrast color for the first and last rows.
3. Use a variegated thread for the main color.
4. Alter the distance you start from the poles and don't necessarily keep it the same for path 1 and path 2.
5. Space the stitches farther apart from row to row.
6. Consider shading from dark to light rather than light to dark like in the book.

Now that I look at it, this one might be interesting to do for a pattern investigation.

Given To

Joseph's student teacher 2005 Mrs. Butzen