Notebook Entry - 070402

Finished Views

C6 temari experiment
View of the main 4 way intersection   equator view
One view of the side   equator view
Another view of the side  

Source

none

Classification

C6, open shapes, triangle, support lines, interlocked

Size

25cm circumference

Materials

Wrap
peacock blue cone thread
Marking
Olympus Gold L2
Design threads
DMC #5 perle cotton yellow (745), blue (3325), orange (351)

Division/Marking

C6 with support lines

Directions

  1. Wrap a mari in peacock blue. Mark a C6 in gold.
  2. Designate one 4-way intersection as the N pole and an opposite one as the S pole.
  3. Add support lines by splitting each intersection and meeting in the center of the small triangles.
  4. Stitch 2 large interlocking triangles at the N pole. Use 2 rows of each color. The starting point for the triangle is at the halfway point on the line. Repeat at the S pole.
  5. Stitch smaller interlocking triangles at the N and S pole intersection, interlocking with the large triangles already stitched. Use one row of each color.
  6. Stitch elongated triangles alone the equator area using one thread of each color in the needle. Be sure to groom the threads to lie flat as you stitch. There are a total of four triangles.

Notes

This was the project temari I did at the Stitch In NY 2007. I was playing with triangles. As often happens with experiments, it did not come out quite a polished and finished design. I am not sure that I see all that much potential in it for further exploration either. I was playing with outlining the small right triangles formed by the division. I do think there is more to be done in terms of playing with them but not necessarily in this direction. I needed to have something to show at the end of the stitching time so I stuck with this one rather than ripping it out as I normally would have. I will most likely take the stitching out and continue my experiments some other time to see if I can come up with something I like better. Since I don't really plan on trying this one again I decided not to put the time into doing diagrams.

Given To

No one