Temari Pattern 99CP03 instructions

Temari Pattern 99CP03 / TemariKai Pattern Index
Advanced Beginner to Intermediate - Pattern contributed by Colleen Parker / Download PDF file of this pattern

This Temari can be found in the Japanese language book Cosmo #5 ISBN4-8377-0283-X
on pages 14 and 20. The three versions do differ slightly from each other.

Materials:
25 cm base wrapped with dark brown thread
Gold metallic thread
DMC pearl cotton colors: 606, 741, 910

Directions:

1. Divide the base into standard C10 division. Mark the division lines with gold metallic thread and tack 10 and 6 thread intersections.

Note: All stitching on this Temari is done with a double thread.

2.   Stitch one round of pearl cotton 910 around the inside of all the pentagons. Stitch as close to the marking thread as possible. Remember one round equals two rows of pearl cotton.

3.    Number each of the pentagons from 1 to 12. The order in which the pentagons are numbered is unimportant; the numbers will help you be consistent as you are stitching

4.   Beginning in pentagon 1, use pins to mark ½ the distance between center and each corner of the pentagon. On the remaining division lines, measure .5 cm from the side of the pentagon into the adjoining pentagons.   Mark this point with a pin. Using pearl cotton 606, stitch one round from pin to pin to create a star. Remove the pins as you stitch. Repeat this process in the remaining 11 pentagons in the order which you numbered them.

5. Use the diagram at the left to determine the placement of the next 2 rounds of stitching. The stitches are approximately 3 mm apart at the star tips. Divide the metallic thread that splits the diamond shaped areas into thirds.

6. Stitch round 2 using pearl cotton 741. Stitch around all of the stars following the number sequence of the pentagons.

7. Stitch round 3 using pearl cotton 606. Stitch around all of the stars following the number sequence of the pentagons.

8. The final step is to outline the overlapping star tips using pearl cotton 910. Stitch a diamond around each of the overlapping star tips. As you stitch, weave the green pearl cotton under the red pearl cotton and over the orange pearl cotton.