Notebook Entry - 071101

Finished Views

green temari stitched with kite shapes
 
View of three pentagons intersection  
View of hexagon intersection  

Source

None

Classification

C8, C6, 16 face marking, closed shape, negative space

Size

27cm circumference

Materials

Wrap
dk green cone thread
Marking
any color, removed after stitching
Design threads
DMC #5 perle cotton lt tan (739), md blue (799), lt purple (211)
#5 perle cotton Anchor? brown (393). yellowish tan (887)

Division/Marking

16 faces marking

Diagrams

line drawing showing placement of hexagons for 16 faces marking
Diagram 1: 16 faces marking from a C8   line drawing showing placement of kite shapes (red)
Diagram 2: kite shapes  

Directions

  1. Wrap mari and mark a C8 with a easily removable thread.
  2. Mark a 16 faces marking by adding hexagons around 4 of the 6-way intersections. These are placed as for a 4 center or tetrahedral marking. See diagram 1.
  3. Locate one of the pentagons and the triangle in a hexagon that make up one of the kite shapes. Add a vertical support line and another support line for the missing arm of the kite. See red lines on diagram 2.
  4. Stitch the kite shape to almost fill the outline. For all of the colors except brown I used the thread doubled in the needle. I worked 2 rows tan, 1 row brown, 2 rows purple, 1 row brown, 2 rows blue, 1 row brown, 2 rows yellowish tan, 1 row brown.
  5. Using another pentagon at the same intersection, locate and place the next kite shape being sure to rotate it correctly.
  6. Work the third kite shape at that intersection.
  7. When moving on to the next intersection of three pentagons, be sure to place the first kite shape so that it is not going in the same direction as the one adjacent to it in the previous set.
  8. Work all of the kite shapes at each of the 4 intersections where there are three pentagons for a total of 12 kite shapes.
  9. Remove all marking threads and embellish negative space as desired. I chose to leave mine blank.

Notes

This was supposed to be a much simpler design. I was trying to do a quick hurry up 16 faces version to show off the division. The colors I picked were just leftovers in my stash and to be honest were ones that I didn't like very much (especially the yellowish brown one). When I started working on it I was not at all thrilled with the colors in the simple design. Then I saw the kite shape that Barb S. had talked about in reference to a a different temari. I had to give it a go and once I stitched one I saw how the others could kind of swirl around it. At that point it had a mind of its own and designed itself. I am really happy with it. It has a beautiful tetrahedral symmetry, combined with the swirling effect of the kites. It might be fun to do it with the kite shapes stitched like actual kites, making them a little smaller to give room to add tails in the negative space.

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