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Materials: - base mari about 3.5” diameter, wrapped in white and marked
with an S20 division; three colors of #5 perle cotton (yellow,
green,
and blue); - gold metallic for marking and stitching (though you might
want to substitute an inconspicuous marking thread and use the gold
only for stitching)
1) On every 4th mark line, mark the point 2cm up from the obi. With
your mark thread, stitch a pentagon using these points (see dashed
lines in diagram). You will need these extra mark lines to place the
green stitching. |
2) Next, you’ll stitch the yellow hoshi kagari (star). Double check to
make
sure you are on the correct mark line (you want one of the lines
halfway between the lines that have the pentagon points). Measure two
centimeters up from the point where the extra mark line crosses the
original S20 mark line. Mark this same point on every 4th mark line.
These are points A-B-C-D-E on the diagram. Stitch hoshi kagari around
these points. You will do quite a few rows – keep going until the
points of the stars reach a little bit (half a centimeter or so) past
the extra mark lines you placed in step 1.
3) For the green layer, follow the green lines and numbers 1 through 20
on the diagram. Start your thread just inside one of the corner points
of the pole pentagon created by the hoshi kagari (#1). Take your next
stitch around the extra mark line where it crosses the next S20 mark
line (#2). Next, take a stitch on the next guideline just below the
point of the yellow star (#3). Stitch #4 is a little bit tricky – the
stitch is taken around the extra mark line when it crosses the next S20
mark line, reverse the orientation of the threads so that they mirror
the stitch at point #2. In other words, if the thread that runs from #2
to #3 crosses over the thread that runs from #1 to #2, then make sure
that the thread running from #3 to #4 crosses over, not under, the
thread running from #4 to #5. This may seem nitpicky, but it will give
you nice symmetrical shapes. Take the next stitch – #5 – just inside
the next corner point of the pole pentagon. Continue around in this
same manner until you come back to your starting point. For the next
rounds, the stitches closest to the pole (points 1, 5, 9, 13, and 17)
are
uwegaki
chidori kagari. All other stitches are
chidori kagari
(herringbone). Continue stitching these rows until the points nearest
to the obi are 2cm from the obi.
4) The blue stitching is done in the same general manner as the green.
Before you start stitching, measure about 2cm up from the points of the
pentagon you stitched with marking thread in step 1. Begin on a mark
line that has one of the hoshi kagari points on it. Start your thread
as close to the pole as possible. Take the next stitch around the next
mark line over, just below where the green and yellow stitching meet.
Take a stitch at the pin you placed on the next guideline. Continue as
you did for the green stitching, once again using uwegaki chidori
kagari at the points nearest the pole and herringbone stitch at all
other points. Continue stitching rounds until you like the way it looks
(but do not go any further than the extra mark lines you stitched in
step 1.
5) Repeat this same process on the other pole.
6) Stitch a thimble ring in the wide space left around the obi.
(Webmaster's note: Thimble rings are just that, made and used in Japan
that lend their designs well to Temari obi patterns. They are many and
varied, and not the scope of this design instruction. You can embellish
or finish the obi with any design you'd like to).
