Notebook Entry - 071002

Finished Views

braided kiku variation in yellow and blue stripes
 
braided kiku variation in orange and blue stripes  
obi view  

Source

none

Classification

Simple 16, uwagake

Size

24cm circumference

Materials

Wrap
dk purple cone thread
Marking
Gold Rush 18, silver color
Design threads
Perle #5 orange (Olympus 1051), peacock blue (DMC 996). yellow (DMC 726), silver Gold Rush 18

Division/Marking

Simple 16 with obi

Directions

  1. The yellow and blue side:
    1. Wrap mari and mark a Simple 16 with obi in silver.
    2. Use two strands of thread in the needle, one yellow and one blue. Work the first row so that the blue thread falls on the outside of the stitch. The top is as close to the center as you can get, the bottom point is halfway to the obi.
    3. Work the next two rows of the kiku (uwagake) in the usual way. Be sure to keep the colors in the needle aligned correctly in the stitches.
    4. For the fourth row, instead of taking the stitch at the top around all fo the threads, only take it around the threads of the previous row.
    5. Work the next row with two strands of yellow in the needle taking the upper stitch around the previous row.
    6. Work the next row with two strands of blue in the needle taking the upper stitch around the previous two rows (like regular uwagake).
    7. For the last row, use two strands of silver int he needle, take the top stitches just below blue row in the V formed (shitagake style).
  2. The orange and blue side:
    1. Work with two strands int he needle, one orange and one blue. Take the first round of stitches so that the blue thread falls to the outside of the stitch. The top is as close to the center as you can get, the bottom point is halfway to the obi.
    2. Work the next row in the usual kiku (uwagake) manner, again with orange and blue in the needle.
    3. For the next two rows, use orange and blue in the needle and take the top stitch only around the previous row rather than around all rows as usual.
    4. Work the next row with two strands of orange in the needle again only going around the previous row at the top.
    5. Work a row with two strands of blue in the needle.
    6. Work the last row with two rows of silver taking the top stitch next to the V formed by the blue row but not around any of the threads. (shitagake style)
  3. The obi area:
    1. Use one strand of silver in the needle to work three diamond in each negative space section around the obi. The top and bottom stitches are packed closely together and the side stitches are spaced out along the obi thread.
    2. Wrap the obi from the center out with one row of silver, 4 rows of orange and one row of blue on the orange/blue side of the ball.
    3. Repeat wrapping with one row of silver, 4 rows of yellow and one row of blue on the yellow/blue side of the ball.

Notes

This one was done as an experiment in breaided kikus because of a suggestion made on the TT chat group. I decided to keep it simple and do just one pass rather than and interweave of two and I decided to experiment with stripes. That led to the orange and blue side. For the other side I wanted to see what would happen if I tried to get stacked wedges from the top of the kiku stitches. I think it would be fun to do that one with more rows, and possibly with rows ont eh alternate marking lines but staggered inbetween the wedges on the first set of lines. (I can see it in my head but it doesn't translate well into words.) I'll give it a try at some point. And I have to admit that I cheated on this entry. I was going to do very nice diagrams to show the structure of the braided kiku but I am still learning my new drawing program and I am afraid that my skills are not up to that yet. I'll have to come back and add them after I learn a bit more about the program. On the plus side... I would never have considered doing the diagrams at all using the old program.

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