May 21/2017 Temari on my own Lou has been unwell, and I have been doing quiet crafts. Led me to find this black mari and see what I could do on my own. Well, not quite true. The first photo is one I was trying to copy. The instructions were written but I could not really understand them. Sad as it is, I am learning that time is required for doing Temari. Time and knowledge. I thought this Temari to look rather spiritual, or somewhat like a Celtic Piece. I love the simplistic look. I am unsure where I found these instructions, but it is called only Temari Pattern 76. This is noted as an easy beginner.......well, maybe a different beginner, but not me. Anyway, here is my attempt. I think it is part instructions from the printed page, and then striking out on my own using a bit of the Kiku Herringbone beginner lesson and part of my own idea. This was part 1 North Pole: If you look closely, you will see that the variegated mauve and black...
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May 13/17. Finished Part 2 #7/17. Beginner Kiku Temari Special thanks to Barb Suess for guiding out Temari group through all steps to make this simply beautiful Temari. I have and am learning lots with this new craft hobby I really enjoy. Here's to following Maris and fun moving forward. One more thing I still want to do before finalizing. That is finding my hot melt wand and 2 beautiful crystals. One will be added to both North and South Poles. Just moved and still in process of changing things around. Now I ask myself, "where did you put these gems this time!?" Here is the colour sequence. All threads used were crochet cotton. 2 rows each for Petals 1 and 2 white, cream, med yellow, gold metallic wound, bronze metallic "opera" type crochet cotton, followed by dark chocolate brown, and completed with an amazing type of cotton. Black fibers wound with rainbow metallic thread scattered with the tiniest sequins I have ever seen. Petal section 3 has be...
May 9, 2017. A NEW UNDERSTANDING I am so excited, if that is the proper way to write this note......If you remember, Barb and others, I was having problems wrapping with a crochet cotton med thickness thread. I had marked the guidelines. But then I decided to remove the guide lines and rewrap using serger thread...I am so glad I did. Now my Temari looks and feels smooth, and it s so much easier to stitch the pattern threads to make them lie neater. However, this is not the main reason why I am smiling. I finished the original temari taught in 2015 first, So I am caught up on that SP side. Yeah! And moving on to this 2nd fresh Beginner Kiku Herringbone for this year's project. I discovered something quite interesting. I don't read and follow directions very well. While working last night on the NP of this newest BKH temari, I discovered that the petals had all been stitched one layer at a time,,,,,not all layers of one pet...
May 8/2017 A LEARNING CURVE MASTERED I have been practicing making the base temari balls over the past week or so. Lots of mileage was put on the car during recent trips to Niagara Falls and back. So instead of watching the scenery flash past, I decided to keep my hands busy wrapping various sizes of Maris. When I really got down to brass tacks and wrapped the threads over and over, round and round the ball, several times it flew from my hands and went down on the car floor. Of course this necessitated a ground search of the carpet moving all my various bins and bags around my knees....did I mention the grunts and groans that accompanied this search? On our last trip to Niagara Falls we had to enter into the hospital for a visitation. Influenza was happening in the emergency ward, so it time for was wearing masks, gowns and gloves. Finally we were able to remove all garments and while doing so, I tucked my gloves into my pocket. Smart move on my...
2015 March 15 Beginning Kiku Herringbone Temari Parts 1 and 2 Beautiful Temari, challenge to me during the spring coldness. I have really begun to enjoy this beautiful art form. I hope to grow from here. 2017 April 30, and now I write about the fun I had with this project. #1 is approx 23 cm and was wrapped around a medium sized styrofoam ball, then covered round and round with more knitting worsted thread. Bringing me to the place of decorating in a beautiful Mint Green and Baby pink for my two C8 colour choices. I finished this smaller Mari in the allotted time to start on #2 with the group......... Now I can finish the story of Temari #2 using a C16 bright red crochet cotton was used to complete the guideline pattern. I wrapped this styrofoam ball (large size) starting finishing at 33cm. My material choice with this mari was to wrap round and round, layer upon layer using a fancy knitting type of wool. It has little squares of colour...
Temari #3. Kiku Herringbone Beginner Temari Part 1 I have joined the group online and now I am ready to join the KIKU HERRINGBONE Beginner Temari. Our first Temari in this challenge is very easy as compared to the 2nd part. Part 1 we have learned how to begin the base of the Temari ball but using one of several choices. I chose to use a 3" styrofoam center. Then came the wrap around the center using some left over knitting worsted thread. When the size we needed had been reached, then came wrapping and wrapping using thread, I chose black. According to the instructions, then next step brought out our very pretty choice of crochet cotton. I chose a pretty white semi-medium thread that was wrapped so beautifully with a rainbow-colour of metallic thread. My final wrap brought the mari to a 25cm size. Was request to work on a 23 cm but Instruction told me this is just a fine size will expand the pattern a bit larger. Part 1: This is a...
Here I am at the time I made my first attempt making the Temari. Approximate 2006 when recovering from surgery. Bed rest, stay quiet but do not veggie away.......A very special friend Shari from Saskatchewan sent me a book on Japanese Artwork. Inside this book, I found 2 Temari patterns, so out came the supplies and my love for Temari work began. Above and beside you will see the pictures of my 1st two pieces. Oh boy, I was so proud of them both.....but now looking at them, pride still stands but so does the knowledge that I have so much to learn. Of course, these are not quite the same as the tutorial in the book....they have some serious issues.....which I am not going to define....but how precious they are to me. From this start, I am going to learn how to improve my techniques. Thanks to Barb Suss and the Group. In winter 2015 I joined an online group....Temari Challenge....and began in seriousness to jump in with both feet and join a ...