Notebook Entry - 050505

Finished Views

Temari with yellow dandelion side showing
  Temari with white fuzzy dandelion side showing
 

Source

Japanese book ISBN 4-8377-0280-5 Cosmo 2 pg.4 design #3, no diagram pageThe design in the book is a purple thistle pattern, this is my dandelion variation of it.

Classification

C8, support lines, starburst, pine needle, spindle,

Size

19.5cm circumference

Materials

Wrap
dark green cone thread
Marking
same as wrap thread
Design threads
Anchor Perle cotton #5 colors
lt green (242), dark green (228), yellow (726), tan (887) Rainbow Gallery Rainbow Tweed white (RT01) used 1 strand Rainbow Gallery Arctic Rays white (AR02)

Division/Marking

C8 with support lines

Diagrams

Line drawing showing placement of spindle leaves and support lines
 

Directions

  1. Wrap and mark a C8 with inconspicuous thread.
  2. Stitch spindles leaves as shown on diagram. Dark green dot denotes starting place at the halfway mark.
  3. Add support lines in the upper half of the squares for the yellow dandelion side as shown with dotted lines on diagram.
  4. Stitch the base for the all six dandelions. Alternate 2 rows dark green and 2 rows light green twice for a total of 8 rows. Finish with a straight stitch across the top using two strands of light green. (red on diagram)
  5. Add a long straight stitch stem with two strands of light green. (blue on diagram)
  6. Stitch the three yellow dandelion heads. Start with several straight stitches along the light green lines to build up the crescent (purple on diagram). Then rows are worked back and forth across the crescent with stitches placed on the marking lines. (yellow on diagram)
  7. Stitch the three white puff dandelions. Use pine needle stitches radiating form the base. Start with the wool thread first then fill in between with the arctic rays. (orange on diagram)

Notes

Variations from Joan on talk temari inspired the dandelion theme. Yellow side is stitched as book example, white side is done with radiating straight stitches, alternating the two white threads. Added stems. All parts of flower are worked with single strands even though they appear to be double in places. Written up as a StitchAlong on temarikai.com.

Given To

Cousin Janet