Temari Pattern 99JP01
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Jera is a ling-time member of TalkTemari, and
is well
known in the group for her intricate work on "teenie" temari - she
loves to
work in miniature - and is the person that introduced me to the concept
of
teenies.
Says Jera, " I’m not actually sure this counts as a “new” pattern, I
see it mostly as a cool way to arrange colors on a kiku pattern.
Second, I haven’t worked this yet on a ball larger than 2” diam.
I assume it works, but haven’t got around to it yet. But is does
work rather nicely down to about 1” diam. The temari pictured
range from almost 2” in diam down to 1 ¼”."
In fact this indeed does work on any size temari - or for that matter
different shapes too as Jera has used it on eggs, with the “obi”
running around the vertical axis of the egg and treating the wide faces
of the eggs as the “poles”.
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The key to this pattern is the arrangement of the colors.
A light center, which is about half of the pattern, then 3 or 4
graduated, contrasting
darker colors, making up the half of the width.
Color A - light center color
Color B, C, D - shaded contrast colors
1. Mark a simple-8 with obi.
2. On alternating lines, measure down and mark halfway between
the pole and obi, on each hemisphere of the mari. Keep your paper
strip (or other measuring/marking device) handy, you’ll need it later.
3. With color A, do 4-6 rounds of kiku stitch around the four
points you just marked. Then do 2-3 rounds each with colors B, C,
& D. Repeat on the other half of the ball.
4. Now, measure down and mark the halfway points on the lines
between the kiku points you just worked.
5. With color A, do 2-3 rounds kiku stitch around the points you
just marked, as shown above, then 1-2 rounds each of the other
colors. This set of stitching should be half as wide as the first
set.
6. You can either carry the points of the first set of kikus down to
the obi, or leave enough space to do a simple wrapped obi.
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