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Chicken Challenge (long story from
TalkTemari....)
Karin offers this design after accepting a challenge from a TalkTemari member to stitch temari that reflected some fancy chickens. It uses a 34cm mari wrapped in black with a hint of gold; use fine gold thread for a Simple 16 division, with equator. Stitching threads: DMC perle cotton #5: Red, black and white. |
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The red centre: Stitch two rounds round the
centre, then one round of Chidori Kagari (zig-zag stitch) with the
petals stretching about 0.5 cm. The black and white braided kiku: Use the same marking threads as for the red centre. When stitching a braided kiku always start stitching at the end of the petal, not up by the pole. The first four rounds: (black, white, black, black) Stitch a normal kiku with the petals about 1 cm long on the first round. Round 5 (white). When you take the thread round the marking thread, don’t include all the previous threads, just the last black one. |