Temari Pattern 99GK02 instructions

1. Wrap mari with white thread. With paper tape measure and divide mari into 8 Complex Divisions. Stitch mark lines with Sulky filament. Tack intersections.

2. On all “+” (webmaster's note: the + means the right-anlge intersection) lines through the poles, measure the point half way between the pole and obi. Mark with a pin. Hold a straight edge across two adjacent pins. Where the pin crosses the adjacent diagonal mark lines, place a Red pin. Test the squareness of these mark pins by wrapping a piece of thread around all 4 pins. Adjust Red pins until an accurate square is formed.

3. Using paper tape divide all 8-line intersections into 16. Stitch with Sulky filament. Tack center again.

4. Identify the 6-line intersections. There should be a Red pin on 3 of those mark lines. The mark lines on either side of those marked with Red pins should intersect the remaining 3 mark lines of the 6-line intersection. Place Blue pins at those intersections. If you are still with me :>) you should see a hexagon formed by alternating Red and Blue pins around the 6-line intersection.

5. Stitch that hexagon with 1 round of Black Perle Cotton. Repeat on all other 6-line intersections.

6. Using the square you Red pinned in #2, stitch a Black square 5-7 rounds wide outlined with 1 round of metallic braid. Repeat squares on the remaining five 8-line intersections.

7. Identify the 2-line “+” intersection between the worked Black squares. On either side of the “+” place a pin where the diagonal mark line crosses the horizontal line. Measure to be sure it is equidistant from the “+” interxections. Stitch a square [4 Black, 1 metallic]. (This square overlaps the Red pinned squares from #6 and the hexagons from #7.)

8. Repeat #7 around all “+” intersections.

Option: If mark lines are stitched in Perle Cotton which matches the squares, work a Hexigon around the 6-line intersections before working the #7 Squares.