Materials:
3” Styrofoam ball, Yellow wrap thread, Gold metallic
mark line, #5 Perle Cotton (Yellow, Orange, Hot Pink, Royal, Burgundy,
Ivory, Hunter). Measure and divide
mari into 10 Simple Divisions without an obi. Stitch
mark lines with Gold metallic thread. Tack at poles.
Determine the
width of the bands you like. Depending on
your choice of thread and the final circumference of your wrapped mari,
your numbers may be different from mine. I wrapped 16 threads, so
that’s how I will discuss the process. Adjust as needed if you
use different materials. On your marking paper tape lay 16
threads side by side and mark the width on each side. This is
your Band Width.
Pin Markers: On 5 odd mark
lines place a Pink pin 1 cm out from the North pole. Place
another pin 1 Band Width down from the first pin. Use 5 different
colors of pins. When you place the pins for the South pole, be sure
that they are on the SAME mark lines used at the NP. When you
place the 2nd pin, be sure it is the same COLOR as the pin used on that
line at the NP. You should now have 2 pins on alternate mark lines
which are 1 cm out from pole and 1 Band Width apart from each other.
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Wrapped
Bands
Yellow
Wrap Yellow Perle Cotton around the mari 17 times, then cut.
Thread the needle and knot the two ends together.
Beginning near the NP bring thread up to the left of the mark line and
below one of the Pink pins. Hold the mari with the NP to your
left and the SP to your right.
Wrap 8 complete rounds of doubled Yellow. When you are at the NP,
thread will work Outward from the pole, when you are the SP thread will
work Toward the pole. At the end of 8 rounds, bury the tail.
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Royal
Begin at the
next Pink pin clockwise from your Yellow start pin.
Follow directions above for bringing thread up. Using the blunt
end of your needle weave the doubled Royal threads over/under Yellow in
the following sequence:
NP Yellow SP Yellow
Over all Under all
U 2/O 14 U 14/O 2
U 4/O 12 U 12/O 4
U 6/O 10 U 10/O 6
U 8/O 8 U 8/O 8
U 10/O 6 U 6/O 8
U 12/O 4 U 4/O 12
U 14/O 2 U 2/O 14
Translation: In the NP Yellow column, “U 2/O 14” means in the
northern hemisphere when you come to the Yellow band the Royal
threads pass under 2 Yellow and over 14 Yellow.
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Burgundy
Begin at the next Pink pin clockwise from your Royal start pin.
Now you will weave through the two previously wrapped bands.
There is no weaving at the obi.
NP Royal NP
Yellow SP Royal
SP Yellow
U 2/O 14 Over
all Under all
Under all
U 4/O 12 U 2/O
14 U 14/O 2
U 14/O 2
Continue the sequence to complete the Burgundy band.
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Orange:
NP Burgundy NP Royal
SP Yellow SP Burgundy
SP Royal NP Yellow
U 2/O 14
O
all O 2/U
14 U
all
U
all U 14/O 2
U 4/O 12 U 2/O
14 O 4/U
12 U 14/O 2
U 14/O
2 U 12/O 4
Continue the sequence to complete the Orange band.
Hot Pink:
NP Orange NP Burg
SP Royal SP
Yellow SP
Orange SP Burg NP
Royal NP Yellow
U 2/O
14 O
all O 2/U
14 O 2/U 14
U
all
U all
O 14/U
2 O 14/U 2
U 4/ O 12 U 2/O 14
O 4/U 12 O 4/U
12 O 2/U
14 O 2/U 14 O
12/U 4 O 12/U 4
Continue the sequence to complete the Hot Pink band.
Obi
Bands
At the obi wrap 8 rounds of Hunter Green over all. On each side
of the Hunter band weave 8 rounds (doubled thread) in Ivory.
1st round outside Hunter is wrapped over all
2nd round under 2/over 28/under 2, repeat at all other band
intersections
under 4/over 24/under 4
under 6/over 20/under 6
under 8/over 16/under 8
under 10/over 12/under 10
under 12/over 8/under 12
under 14/over 4/under 14
Repeat the last woven round with 1 strand Gold metallic.
Starburst
Work Gold metallic pine needle stitches over the Ivory band between the
colors. Tack center. NOTE: This figure was shown on the
original I downloaded from a Japanese website. I omitted it for
lack of space.
