Notebook Entry - 090602

Finished Views


pole view  
equator view  

Source

None

Classification

S16, kuki herringbone, uwagake chidori kagari, jyouge douji, concurrent N/S stitching, interwoven

Size

27.5cm circumference

Materials

Wrap
dark green cone thread
Marking
Rainbow Gallery Treasure Braid petite gold
Design threads
DMC #5 perle cotton red (321), orange (946), yellow (742)

Diagrams


 

Directions

  1. Wrap mari and mark a S16 with equator with gold.
  2. Stitch one row of uwagake chidori kagari (kiku herringbone) with yellow. Upper points are at .8cm from the pole, taken in between marking lines. Lower points are at 3/4 from pole to equator skipping one guideline from the inner point. The placement of the stitches will require several passes around the ball to return to the starting point. Do one row on the N and one row on the S. (See yellow lines with numbers on diagram.)
  3. Stitch large zigzags with red across the equator with stitches just inside the points of the kiku in step 2. These stitches will cross at the equator. There will be four separate paths. See diagram for placement.
  4. Repeat steps one and two changing colors as shown in the following table. The stitches for the bottom points of the kiku will be at the equator for the last row.
    kiku at poles equator zig zags
    row 1 yellow red
    row 2 yellow red
    row 3 orange orange
    row 4 orange yellow
    row 5 red none
  5. Wrap two rows of yellow around the equator.

Notes

For this design I was playing with increasing the number of intersections of the kiku petals. By shifting the upper point over in between the marking lines I get one more intersection, increasing the density of stitches around the kiku center. I need to explore this technique more. It is used for the spindle topped kikus in the Ozaki book 'Fun with Temari'. This one is still not quite the look I was wanting but I am really thrilled with how it came out. I don't know if it is the color shading I really like or the design but I sure do love the finished ball.

Kiku designs have never been my favorite. In the past I have not found them to be very interesting; they all see the same to me. As I explore variations right now I am finding more of interest than I ever used to. I think there is more to the structure than the usual two passes interlocked or interwoven. I'll probably do some research into the books and stitch some more examples before I put this to rest.

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