Temari Pattern 99RW01
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This was a requested pattern from a recent GITS Round on TalkTemari -
Ryan was the "swapper" and offers these thoughts:
"My temari to Dan was inspired by
one of Harriet's that she showed in NY. Hers was aqua with
blending colors and irridescent threads. It had a completely
different appearance when the colors were changed.
It is an S24 division with obi line, fine silver marking on 2 1/2" to
3" red base. The pattern is simple interwoven
diamonds. On mine there are only 4 completethread rounds; 1 red,
1 white, 1 black, 1 white. "
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1. Put a pin on a division line 1/4" - 3/8" down from the pole.
Put another pin on the same division line the same distance from
the opposite pole. These
are the top and bottom of the diamond.
2. Put 2 pins on the obi line, each on the 4th division line
on either side of the top-bottom line. (webmaster's note,
corrected via TalkTemari 5/15/05) - you
will be stitching large diamond shapes, using the previous placed pins
as the top and bottom of the diamonds; the side "corners" will be on
the obi, on the "first" and "ninth" lines).
3. Start stitching at the left obi pin. Stitch at each pin
completing the diamond. On completing the last stitch, dig under
to the next division line at the
obi. There is no need to place any pins at the remaining obi
lines because the crossed division/obi lines hold the stitches firmly.
4 Repeat, moving left each time and soon you'll see that the
diamonds begin to complete interweaving at the obi, forming the center
of the small diamonds
on the obi line. Continue until all division lines have been
linked with diamond shapes. If you have put pins at all the pole
points, you can remove them now, but keep the top/bottom pins in place
to give you a clue about where the starting point is.
5. Stitch the remaining 3 rounds as you did the first complete
round.
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