Notebook Entry - 060407

Finished Views

an overall view of the finished temari
  A picture of the temari showing the wrapped bands at the N pole
North pole view   a picture of the side of the finished temari showing the spindle wrapping technique
Obi view  

Source

Variation of a traditional pattern, Wrapped bands 3 in Anna Diamond, Wishing Paper in DV, variation discovered by Tamara on TalkTemari (Yahoo groups)

Classification

S6 wrapped

Size

23cm circumference

Materials

Wrap
yellow cone thread underwrap then overwrapped with Signature brand Pixelles thread size 30, color Neon Multi
Marking
Olympus Gold L2
Design threads
DMC #5 perle cotton pink(899), orange(922), green(3348)

Division/Marking

S6w/obi although it turned out that the obi is not strictly necessary

Diagrams

Stitching path is highlighted and numbered on photo
View of how to wrap first three bands of each color   Stitching path is highlighted and numbered on photo
View of how to wrap the last bands making the spindle shape  

Directions

See sources for basic instructions. The wrap technique on this is different to create the spindle look around the obi. Wrap the first three bands in the usual way. Bands are one row gold, then 4 rows color. Be sure to alternate direction with each row rather than wrapping all of one direction, then all in the other so that you build up a nice size pile at the crossover point. See pic 1 in diagram section. For the following bands the thread path will go around the pile rather than across it. See pic 2 in diagram section. Finish with one spindle row in gold around the spindle shapes created at the obi to help hold the wraps in place.

Notes

This a really neat variation of the usual wrapping techinique. It was discovered accidentally be Tamara on TT. She was following Anna Diamond's directions expilcitly and they said to go 'around the pin'. The result is the spindle shape at the obi but it doesn't necessarily hold up unless you have something in place to help guide the threads...when you remove the pin it collapses. So I decided to try it after building up a bundle in the usual way. Then the curve of the ball and the friction of the thread hold everything in place so that you don't even need an obi. I would like to try another variation where I do go 'around the pin' from the beginning and then wrap the thread in two separate bundles at the crossover point.

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