Notebook Entry - 050408

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Source

Japanese book ISBN 4-8377-0283-0 Cosmo 5, color pic pg 2 ball #5, diagram pg 50 this is a variation using multiple colors instead of stripes

Classification

C8, interlocked, open spindle

Size

21.5cm circumference

Materials

Wrap
purple cone thread
Marking
inconspicuous, same as wrap thread double stranded
Design threads
Vikki Clayton Reeled Silk Perle #5
Sherbert, Golden Peach, Lavender Rose, Carribean Splash, Jazz Blues, Autumn Leaves Kreinik #8 braid #104C

Division/Marking

C8

Diagrams


 

Directions

  1. Wrap a mari in purple. Mark an 8-combination in an inconspicuous thread.
  2. You will be stitching 6 different interlocked open spindles. Each one is a different color. They will all be one row of gold then about 8 rows of the color then one row of gold.
  3. Stitch one open spindle using points 1, 2 (orange on diagram)
  4. Stitch the next one using points 1' , 2' (brown on diagram, on the back of the ball) interlocking the points with the first spindle.
  5. Continue to stitch open spindles in pairs interlocking their points and weaving at the places where three cross as necessary. Use points A , B (light green on diagram, point B is on the back of the ball) and A', B' (purple on diagram, point B' is on the back) then a, b and a', b'.
  6. Stitch one round using points a, b (dark green on diagram) and a', b' (blue on diagram).

Notes

This is a variation of the indigo and white GITS I did (#050306). There are more variations at #050501, #050504 and #060207.

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