Temari Pattern 60 instructions

Temari Pattern 60
Intermediate

This ball is worked on a standard C10 division. Its depth can be varied. Here it is shown worked so as to cover the ball, but the technique is like that of working a simple blossom ball also, and if worked for lesser rounds, will yield a blossom ball. Here, it works from the center of the small triangles formed outward, so that the dark blue shown in the photo are the latter rounds worked, with it starting with a round of white in the very most center of the triangles, then medium blue, then natural, then the dark blue.

Prepare a standard C10 ball. Sizes can vary - the pattern is workable on smaller maris, but at least 2 1/2 will give better results, preferably 3. The thread wrap will not be visible when worked to completion. Begin with Pentagon A. Locate Points 1 through 5, going out beyond the marker lines of the pentagon, halfway between the side line and the center of the neighboring pentagon. Work a round of stitching from Point 1 to 3 to 5 to 2 to 4. This is the point sequence that will be repeated throughout all rounds. Move to Pentagon B, locate the Points 1 to 5 relative to that pentagon, and stitch the sequence indicated previously. Repeat this for all 12 pentagons on the ball. After this cycle is completed, repeat the same sequences with another layer of thread, working around all 12 pentagons, and so forth. The points of the "stars" that you stitch around each pentagon center will be working out toward the center of the pentagon it is pointing to. As those points all come to meet at the pentagon centers, the ball is covered, and complete.