Notebook Entry - 050802

Finished Views

A temari stitched with an allover design of watermelon slices
  The watermelon temari on a matching thimble ring type stand
 

Source

based on pattern from Japanese book ISBN 4-8377-0597-9 Unbelievable Temari from Nagano color pic pg.7 ball #6 no diagram

Classification

C10, all over, Dual Platonic Solids, Icosahedron, Dodecahedron, floss

Size

28.5cm circumference

Materials

Wrap
cream cone thread
Marking
Crochet cotton cream with gold twist
Design threads
DMC floss black, red (666), pink (3801), very lt green (472), lt green (704), med green (700), cream (3823)

Division/Marking

C10

Diagrams

line drawing showing placement of initial triangle and pentagons
 

Directions

  1. Mark C10.
  2. Stitch alternating triangles and pentagons using the color order from the following table:
    trianglepentagon
    blackred
    redpink
    pinkpink
  3. Continue using pink on both triangles and pentagons until there are about 4 rows to go on the pentagons before filling in completely. Then follow the colors from this table:
    trianglepentagon
    pinkvery light green
    pinktwist med and dk green together
    creamcream
  4. Continue with cream on both triangles and pentagons until the ball is completely covered.

Notes

Basic design is the same as #050308 except this design continues until the ball is covered. I like the effect of twisting the greens together; it's a good one to play with again later. This ball was designed for the summer desert GITS (Great International Temari Swap).

Given To

Carolyn Volk for August 2005 GITS