Notebook Entry - 050503

Finished Views

A C8 temari with interwoven kikus
  6-way intersection view
 

Source

Japanese book ISBN 4-8377-0591-X Temari for 12 Months Vol 2, color pic pg 31 top right, instructions pg 122

Classification

C8, uwagake chidori kagari, interwoven, pine needle, starburst,

Size

28cm circumference

Materials

Wrap
white cone thread
Marking
Gold Rush 18 gold color
Design threads
Anchor perle #5 Dark Pink (89), Light pink (95), Dark Purple (111), Light Purple (108), Dark Blue (132), Light Blue (144), Gold Rush for negative space (same as marking thread)

Division/Marking

C8

Diagrams

Line drawing showing placement of stitches
 

Directions

  1. Mark a C8.
  2. Stitch one round on the smaller petals at each 8-way intersection. Inner points are close to the intersection, outer points are at the halfway point on the line towards the 6-way intersections. (red on diagram)
  3. Stitch one round on the longer petals at each 8-way intersection. Inner points are close to the intersection, outer points are just past the square edge at the 4-way intersections. These petal will overlap. (blue on diagram)
  4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each of the 6 squares on the C8.
  5. Repeat step 4 for the additional rounds. This temari used 3 rows light color, 2 rows dark color, an extra row of dark on the short petals
  6. Finish with a row of gold.
  7. Fill negative space with gold pine needle stitches. Note that only three of the lines will go all the way across, the others stop at the center. Do those first and the all the way across ones will cover any messiness.

Notes

I did a lighter coverage in the negative space than the original and I added a dark color accent in the center of each flower by weaving two rows over and under the marking threads. Sorry these photos are not the same quality as the others...the originals were lost and I had small res copies only.

Given To

Mrs. Sonnenburg (Art teacher)