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Shinshu Flower
From the Japanese book Shinshu Temari / Unbelievable temari from Nagano. ISBN# 4-8377-0597-9 Photo: Ball 11 page 5. Pattern page 40 - 41. The Japanese book calls for this to ball to be stitched on a 41cm ball. That converts to just over 5inch diameter. I stitched mine on a 3-½ inch diameter and could not get the full color effect, as I had to reduce the number of rows even though I used a thinner Kyo thread. You will need 1 skein each of a light, medium and dark color for the flowers. Use the Uwagake Chidori Stitch for this pattern |
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1. Prep and mark a C10 add extra guidelines
using a thin metallic. See diagram 1. a. Stitch an offset pentagon within each pentagon. Add extra guidelines to make each 10 pole into a 20 pole. Note. I used different colors for the standard C10 marking and the extra guidelines. It was easier to see which lines to stitch on. |
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2. Star: Starting with the dark color, stitch 2
rows each of a five-pointed star. Start the points at the flat side of the off-set pentagon so that the star points line up with the original C10 pentagons. See diagram 2 |
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3. Large Border: Stitch a wide petal flower with
the points directly below the five-pointed star. Starting with the light color stitch 3 rows of light and 3 rows of medium, and 2 rows of dark. See diagram 3. |
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4. Inner Petals. Stitch a wide petal flower with the points located between the petals of the large border. Starting with the light color stitch 2 rows of light, 2 rows of medium and 1 row of dark. See diagram 4. The ball is done. |