Notebook Entry - 090502

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Source

None

Classification

C10, open shapes, interlocked

Size

17cm circumference

Materials

Wrap
med blue cone thread
Marking
Kreinik cord #104C
Design threads
Anchor #8 perle cotton orange (332), dark pink (26)

Diagrams


 

Directions

  1. Wrap mari and mark a C10 with gold
  2. Stitch large interlocked pentagons with points at the center of the 4-part diamonds on the short lines. Dashed lines on diagram show initial placement of pentagons. Grey pentagon shows full size after completing enough rows so that the sides almost touch the centers of the C10 pentagons. I did one row orange, three rows pink, one row orange.

Notes

This is an initial design experiment. I was working on establishing the three way shape in the negative space. The interlocking was challenging because of the areas where 5 of the pentagon sides overlap combined with the area where the pentagon corners overlap. Now that I have this worked out I think I can do another version that has something interesting stitched as an underlayer in the three way shape negative space and then this design layered on top. I think I am on the verge of an insight into these types of interlockings. I should do a few more right away to see if I can get past this difficulty and into a greater understanding of how to make the geometry work. On the other hand, it might be interesting to do this layer as interwoven rather that interlocked. It would definitely be easier.

A marking and measuring note: Since I have been thinking aobut eyeballing measurements, and error in the C10 number formula, I decided to try to mark this with very little measureing. I measured and placed pins for a C4 marking but from there I placed all of the lines by eye. The marking came out quite well with only minor differences in the pentagons. Being able to see the triangles on the C10 as I lay the lines really helped.

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