Notebook Entry - 060401

Finished Views

Temari stitched with green pentagons and orange triangles
 

Source

None

Classification

C10, dual dodecahedron/icosahedron, open shaped, interlocked

Size

27cm circumference

Materials

Wrap
royal blue cone thread
Marking
inconspicuous
Design threads
DMC floss green (907) and orange (721) Gold Rush 18 green, gold

Division/Marking

C10

Diagrams

line drawing showing placement of pentagons and triangles
Pentagons and triangles start at 1/3 marks  

Directions

  1. Stitch green pentagons starting 1/3 of the way in on the diagonals of the C10 pentagons. Do one row green metallic, 4 rows floss (not stripped), 1 row green metallic.
  2. Stitch orange triangles starting 1/3 of the way from the center of the C10 pentagons interlocking with the green pentagons. 1 row gold, 4 rows orange, 1 row gold

Notes

A Platonic Solid duality study...orange triangles to show the faces of an icosahedron, interlocked with green pentagons to show the faces of a dodecahedron. Made for the Platonic Solids study on Temari Math (not posted yet May 2006)

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