Notebook Entry - 060309

Finished Views

A temari stitched with interlocked orange squares and purple triangles on teal colored mari
 

Source

None

Classification

C8, dual cube octahedron, open shape

Size

22cm circumference

Materials

Wrap
teal cone thread
Marking
inconspicuous
Design threads
DMC floss orange(#3845) and purple(#3835)
Gold Rush 18 copper

Division/Marking

C8

Diagrams

line drawing showing starting points for squares and triangles
 

Directions

  1. Mark a C8 in inconspicuous thread.
  2. Stitch squares at each 8 way intersection with 1 row copper, 5 rows orange floss (unstripped), 1 row copper. Start point is 1/3 from 6 way intersection, see diagram.
  3. Stitch triangles at each 6 way intersection, interlocked with the squares. Use 1 row copper, 5 rows purple, 1 row copper. Start point is 1/3 from 8 way intersection, see diagram.

Notes

A Platonic Solid duality study...orange squares to show the faces of a cube, interlocked with purple triangles to show the faces of an octahedron. Made for the second Platonic Solids study.

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