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Design Threads: 2 strong contrasting colors. I used Vikki Clayton Silk Perle #8 in Legacy Blue and Natural. The sample was stitched with 2 strands in the needle at a time. Marking and Prep: Wrap and mark a C8 with gold thread. Place pins on the sides of the squares, halfway between the marking lines. (See green dots on diagram.) |
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set of triangles: These are marked in orange on the
diagram. Notice the triangle goes along parallel to the diagonal
across the North Pole square then comes to a point on the side of one
of the squares around the obi. There are two of these triangles
on the North Pole and two on the South Pole. The South Pole ones
are shifted 90 degrees from the North Pole ones. If you are
having trouble locating these triangles, try reading the ÔC4
mariÕ topic in the How To section of TemariKai. Your first
round will be slightly outside the pins; each additional row will be
stitched closer to the poles. Second set of triangles: These are marked in blue on the diagram. Notice they are situated like the first set of triangles but they are on the opposite set of lines. They will overlap the first set. Like the first four triangles, each additional row will be stitched closer to the poles. Wrapped Bands: These are marked in purple on the diagram. Essentially they are an S4 marking. You will want to keep your thread start and stops in the area about halfway between the pole and the side of the square so they will get covered by the blue stitching eventually. Do your first wraps close to the pole and work out. Continue to rotate stitching on the First Triangle set, then the Second Triangle set, then the bands until the white bands come to the place where you started stitching the triangles. Do one more round of blue on the triangles after that. The sample was a 7.5 cm diameter mari and used 7 rounds of blue and 5 rounds of white. |
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