Notebook Entry - 050501

Finished Views

View of three way crossing
  View of two spindle ends crossing
 

Source

Japanese book ISBN 4-8377-0283-0 Cosmo 5, color pic pg 2 ball #5, diagram pg 50

Classification

C8, interwoven, open spindles,

Size

21cm circumference

Materials

Wrap
cream cone thread
Marking
same as wrap thread
Design threads
Vikki Claton Reeled Silk Perle #5
Deep Lavender, Cotton Candy, Forest, Aqua, Dusty Rose, Gold, also Rainbow Gallery Gold Rush 18 in a white gold color

Division/Marking

C8, inconspicuous

Diagrams

line drawing showing placement of open spindles
 

Directions

  1. Wrap a mari in cream. Mark an 8-combination in an inconspicuous thread.
  2. You will be stitching 6 different interwoven open spindles. Each one is a different color.
    • Stitch one round using points 1, 2 (orange on diagram) and 1' , 2' (brown on diagram, on the back of the ball).
    • Stitch one round using 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).
    • Stitch one round using points a, b (dark green on diagram) and a', b' (blue on diagram).
  3. Repeat step 2 until the points of the triangles and diamonds created almost meet. Be sure to use the same color sequence. There are about 10 rows on the sample. The last rows may slip a little but the final step will hold them in place. Use pins to hold them in place if you need to.
  4. Stitch one row of gold around each triangle (8 of them) and diamond (6 of them) created at the intersections of the spindles.

Notes

This is the same design as my indigo GITS (#050306) but this time I did each band a different color and worked one round on all bands and then repeated to get an interwoven effect. I also used pins to mind the bands so I could make them wider. Then I stitched a round of metallic around the intersections to prevent slipping.

Given To

Sue C. at StitchIn NY 2006