Notebook Entry - 081003

Finished Views


 
Closeup of stars  

Source

none

Classification

C10, continuous path, pine needle, star polygon, interlocked,

Size

28cm circumference

Materials

Wrap
black cone thread
Marking
Rainbow Gallery Treasure Braid Petite black multi(PB68)
Design threads
DMC #8 perle cotton red (666), green (909)
Anchor #8 perle cotton yellow (290), orange (332)

Division/Marking

C10

Diagrams


 

Directions

  1. Mark a C10 with the thin black metallic.
  2. Use two strands of yellow in the needle and stitch a 10 point continuous path star in the pentagons. The points are at 1/4 distance from the edges of the pentagon. Interlock the path as shown on the diagram.
  3. Use two strands of orange in the needle to stitch the next row on the stars, keeping the interlocking pattern intact.
  4. Repeat step 3 with two strands of red in the needle. These stitches should fall right at the edges and corners of the pentagons.
  5. Add yellow pine needle stitches (single strand) in the center of each star, aligned with the stars outer points.
  6. Add orange pine needle stitches (single strand) in between the yellow from step 5.
  7. Add green pine needle stitches (one strand) in the space in between the stars. Note the this covers only half of the space from the bottom left to the upper right.
  8. Use a single strand of yellow to take one small tacking stitch around the crossover of the green stitches.

Notes

This design had an interesting evolution. I was actually trying to stitch the five cubes that can be embedded in a C10. I discovered that I needed additional morking lines to do that. When I placed those lines I noticed that they were the edges of the embedded tetrahedra corresponding to the cubes. And finally, when I shifted my focus to the pentagon face only I noticed the 10 pointed star polygons. Since the cube idea did not quite pan out, I decided to focus on the star polygons instead. Getting the interlocking right was not easy, but was well worth it in the finished design. I've found some nice research resources on the internet about these stars so I think I might write up a pattern investigation and a math study for them eventually. If you can't wait, just google 'star polygons' and explore.

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