One of the Talk Temari members is an actuary (she told us once what she did but nobody really got it) and a former math teacher. All of sudden one day Diane realized that no one else of us had this nifty little trick up their sleeves (as most of us are not math people) to use to divid the marking strip into divisions that are not multiples of four (those are very easy to just fold and get). So, from Diane, here you go:

Steps to measuring 12ths, 10ths, 6ths, or anything you can't get by folding:

   1.Put paper tape that goes around temari on long edge of a regular sheet of paper.
   2.Put ruler diagonally across paper going from end of paper tape to edge of paper. See red line on diagram.
   3.Line up one end of ruler at end of paper tape. If measuring for 12ths, put the 12-inch (or some multiple of 12 somethings for
     you metric people) mark at the other edge of the paper, draw a line along the edge of the ruler (red line on diagram) and
     mark every inch (red marks). If measuring for 10ths, put the 10-inch mark at the other edge and mark every inch. If 6ths, put
     the 12 inch mark at the end and mark every two inches. See red line on diagram. You get the idea!
   4.Drop a line from each mark (green lines) perpendicular (right angle) to the paper tape and parallel to each other and the short
     end of the paper.
   5.Your tape is now marked in the desired divisions!

In this example, twelfths are being marked off:     Questions? Email Diane