Temari Pattern 99LD01
Advanced Beginner to Intermediate - Pattern contributed by Lynne Dare
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The Talk Temari online group regularly holds Temari Swaps where the members are paired off and make a temari to send to their partner. We have started sharing photos of the temaris made for these swaps.... and this one turned out to be a popular one and in demand for the pattern directions. Lynne D of British Columbia Canada interpreted it from one of the Japanese books and shares her throughts here.

Webmaster's note - Lynne gives information specific to working a 3 inch diameter mari - if you vary the size you will also need to play by ear the number of rows you stitch.



I had to go and have a look at it and the book...  this is in the Shinshu Temari (or Unbelievable Temari) ISBN # 8377-0597-9. pg 22, top left (actually 2nd one) next to the seam of the book. It is a light blue ball with greens and burgundys and nav's and it has triangles in roses..And that one looks nothing like the picture of the one I did.  I also didn't put the triangles in it this time that you will see if you have the book.

I will use the colors I used so you can refer to the picture...... here goes.....
Mark a 3" ball in the C8. When you look at it you will have the 6 centers, you will also have 8 triangles. 4 from one pole to the obi and 4 from the other pole to the obi.  First I marked the 8 triangles, each one 1 1/2cm. from the 3 corners. I then stitched 8 rows of green in each triangle.
Next I did the 6 square centers in blue. I again measured 1 1/2 cm from the corners and stitched 8 rows of blue... weaving them over and under the green triangles as I came to them in this order:
The first 2 rows were under the 16 rows of green 
The next 2 rows I did over 2 rows over the green, under 12 rows and over the last 2 rows of the green
The next 2 rows I did over 4 rows of green and under 8 rows and over the last 4 rows of green
The next rows I did over 6 rows of green and under 4 rows and over the last 6 rows of green.

Next with the white I  measured 1 cm from the the poles (and at the other centers on the ball ) and reversed the stitching of the green. 
I did under 6 rows of green and over 4 rows of green and under the last 6 rows of green.. twice
next  I did under 4 rows of green and over 8 rows of green and under the last 4 rows of green...twice
next I did under 2 rows of green and over 10 rows of green and under the last 2 rows of green. twice
and last I did over all the rows of green twice.

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