Notebook Entry - 070801

Finished Views

A multipole temari pic with black and white stars focused on a solid white star at the S pole
the 'white' pole   A multipole temari pic with black and white stars focused on a solid black star at the N pole
the 'black' pole   A multipole temari pic with black and white stars focused on the side where all of the stars are half black and half white
a side view  
a closeup of the side where the shift in the rounds occurs  

Source

none

Classification

C10, 92 facet multipole, HHG, Hitu Hude Gake, kiku, uwagake chidori

Size

34.5cm circumference

Materials

Wrap
red cone thread
Marking
Treasure Braid Petite Gold
Design threads
#8 perle cotton black and white

Division/Marking

C10 with support lines for 92 facet multipole

Directions

  1. Wrap a mari in red and mark a C10 with gold. Add lines for a 32 multipole with gold. Use multiple of three method to add lines for a 92 multipole with gold.
  2. Begin the HHG stitching path at the N pole with black. Continue the path until you are halfway (46 stars done) then rathen than continuing to go around, close the round.
  3. Move to the S pole and work the HHG path with white up to the same point as the black.
  4. Still using white, find the ending point for the black and start the white part of the path back up to the N pole.
  5. Use black and work from the equator to the S pole completing the HHG path for the white sections.
  6. Repeat steps 2 through 5 for another round.
  7. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for a third round.
  8. Work the third round with the white and black on the two rows of stars around the equator

Notes

I used the multiple of three method to mark the 92 multi so that I ended up with a complete marking to work the HHG. Alternately you could use the diamond method to mark the 92 and then fill in the lines needed to complete the hexagons. This is my second experiment using the HHG technique on a multi. The first one used multiple colors on a 122. (See #060201) I wanted to see if the spiral path was more clear with only two colors. The colors were chosen by Linda W. since I was working a ball for her as a thank-you. It turns out that the high contrast of the black and white created another interesting effect. I noticed early on that with the rounds not fully complete there appeared to be a wonderful movement of the colors from the black at one pole to the white at the other, similar to a M.C. Escher design where shapes morph from one side of the page to the other. (His Sky and Water print is a nice example.) I love the way this turned out. I had to add a hanging cord even though I usually leave them off because this one is so suited to hanging and spinning to be appreciated.

Given To

Linda W. from TT