Notebook Entry - 070701

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Source

inspired by Japanese book ISBN 4-8377-0394-1 color picture pg. 24

Classification

C10, multipole,

Size

38cm circumference

Materials

Wrap
pink cone thread
Marking
#8 perle, see design threads for colors
Design threads
#8 perle cotton yellow (Anchor 290), greeen (Anchor 254), dk purple (DMC 550), med purple (Anchor 103)

Division/Marking

C10 with support lines for multipole

Directions

  1. Wrap a mari and mark a C10 with yellow.
  2. Add lines for a 32 multipole with yellow.
  3. Use multiple of three method to add lines for a 92 multipole with green.
  4. Use multiple of three method to add lines for a 272 multipole with dk purple.
  5. Use multiple of three method to add lines for a 812 multipole. Use med purple for the lines that run through the pentagons of the previous round. Use dk purple for the lines that run along the points of the pentagons of the previous round. Use green for the next two lines that go between the pentagon sections.
  6. Still using the multiple of three method, add med purple lines inside the hexagons with the yellow centers (these are the hexagons from the 32 marking). Do not add the other lines for the 2432 layer.
  7. Add a green line between the green lines from step 5.

Notes

Once again this ball uses the multiple of three method to build up layers so that the colored marking threads become the design. I was experimenting with creating a more floral look using the colors of pansies. Now that it is done it seems to be more of a violets ball rather than pansies. I had to do a fair bit of ripping out on this one as I learned how to put the colors on. I was surprised to find that the early layers remained one color at a time until I got to the 812 layer. Looking back at it, it makes sense because there just are not enough lines between the centers before then. I wanted to maintain the pentagons and hexagons from the 32 as the design centers so that meant trying to work the green in between them to give some background separation. It turns out that you do the color you want in the centers first (32 layer). Then for the next few layers, you work from the colors you want on the outside of the flower in toward the middle. Finally when you get enough lines you need to choose your color based on where the line is relative to the centers. The pentagons get much smaller faster than the other sections so you end up having to leave off the lines in the pentagons in the last layer in order to get a somewhat consistent density of color all over the ball.

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