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Prepare and mark a C8 on any size ball. Add additional marker
threads
as shown in green on the diagram) by bisecting the angles (these lines
will not be straight as you go around the ball, so take a small stitch
at each of the original marker threads to hold in place). Tack all
intersections.
You should now have 12 "diamond" shapes, each with 8 threads
intersecting.
Work each daisy in colors of your choice with straight stitches (shown
in red in the diagram) making 3 stitches on each side of each marker
thread,
rounding the tips by making each one further away just a little
shorter,
but even with the opposite side. Stitches will cross and form a
lump
in the center. Secure this lump with a double cross- stitch in a
contrasting color. Work decorative straight stitches or another motif
at
the remaining marker thread intersections (shown in blue). Ball is
complete. |
