Interlocking Spindles & Starbursts.pdf

Interlocking Spindles & Starbursts

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This design is inspired and interpreted from a temari found in the following

Japanese book: Edo Temari, ISB-N-4-8377-0394-1, p.18 #4

SIZE: 29 cm

TS :

• Wrapping – Drab Green All Purpose Sewing Thread (Coats & Clark #127A)

• Division Markings – Candlelight Metallic Gold by YLI Corp

• Stitching -

• Long Spindles

• Round 1: DMC #5 Pearl Cotton – Blanc (White)

• Rounds 2 & 3: DMC #5 Pearl Cotton - #310 (Black)

• Round 4: DMC #5 Pearl Cotton – Blanc (White)

• Short Spindles

• Rounds 1 & 2: DMC #5 Pearl Cotton - #310 (Black)

• Round 3: DMC #5 Pearl Cotton – Blanc (White)

• Starbursts:

• DMC #5 Pearl Cotton – Blanc (White)

INSTRUCTIONS:

Prepare the mari and mark with a complex-10 division. Refer to the C10 instructions for

help with this division.

1. Mark the First Long Spindle

Determine the two points for the

first long spindle by placing a pin

1/3 the distance from a pentagon’s

center to one of its corners (Figure

1). Follow the guideline and

continue down the side shared by

the two adjacent pentagons located

below. Beyond these two pentagons

is another pentagon, all sharing a

common corner. Place a second pin

2/3 the distance from this corner to

the center of the pentagon as you

continue down the guideline. The

long spindle is worked around these

two pins.

Figure 1

INTERLOCKING SPINDLES & STARBURSTS

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2. Stitching the first Long Spindle

Refer to the Spindle Design instructions

for help with this stitch.

a) Round 1 — Using white thread,

work round 1 of the first spindle

(Figure 2). Click here for

instructions on stitching the spindle

design. Complete round 1 by

exiting the needle away from the

round. Do not cut the thread since

it will be used again in round 4.

Figure 2

b) Rounds 2 and 3 (Figure 3) —

Using black thread, work the 2 nd

and 3 rd rounds of the spindle.

Complete round 3 by exiting the

needle away from the round. Do

not cut the thread. It will be used

for the remaining spindles

Figure 3

c) Round 4 (Figure 4) — Using the

white thread from round 1, work

the 4 th round of the spindle.

Complete round 4 by exiting the

needle away from the round. Do

not cut the thread. It will be used

for the remaining spindle. This

completes the first long spindle.

Figure 4

INTERLOCKING SPINDLES & STARBURSTS

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3. Stitching the Remaining Long Spindles

a) Complete the next long spindle (Figure 5), measuring as was done for the first

spindle and using the same color sequence as before. Notice how the spindles

interlock. As you stitch the second spindle, interlock the spindles so they weave

over the first half of the adjacent spindle and under the second half of the

adjacent spindle. (Hint: Use the duller end of the needle to go under the

threads.) It’s important to be consistent with the weaving pattern throughout

the entire design – weave over the first half, weave under the second half

(Figure 6, close-up).

Figure 5

Figure 6, close-up

b) Continue stitching the long spindles as shown (Figure 7). In figure 8 (close-up),

three spindles are interlocked. Interlock the three spindles together by weaving

over the first half of one spindle and under the second half of that same spindle,

continuing by weaving over the first half of another spindle and under the second

half of that same spindle.

Figure 7

Figure 8, close-up

INTERLOCKING SPINDLES & STARBURSTS

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4. Mark the First Short Spindles

The short spindles are worked between

the centers of two adjacent pentagons

(Figure 9). Divide each pentagon into

fourths as shown. Determine the points

of the first short spindle by placing the

first pin ¼ the distance from the center

of one pentagon. Place a second pin ¼

the distance from the center of an

adjacent pentagon. These pins are

placed along a common guideline. The

short spindle is worked around these

two pins.

Figure 9

5. Stitching the First Short Spindle

a) Rounds 1 and 2 — Using black

thread. work rounds 1 and 2 of the

spindle design. The short spindles

intersect at the mid-section of the

long spindles (Figure 10 & 11). As

you stitch the short spindles, weave

over the first half of the long spindle

and under the second half of the

same long spindle. This will create

the same interlocking pattern as was

done with the long spindles.

Complete round 1 by exiting the

needle away from the round. Do not

cut the thread since it will be used

for the remaining short spindles.

Figure 10

b) Round 3 — Using white thread, work

the last round, continuing with the

weaving pattern (Figure 11).

Complete the spindle by exiting the

needle away from the round. Do not

cut the thread since it will be used for

the remaining short spindles.

Figure 11, close-up

INTERLOCKING SPINDLES & STARBURSTS

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6. Stitching the

Remaining Short

Spindles

Complete the remaining

short spindles (Figure

12), measuring as was

done for the first spindle.

Figure 12

7. Stitching the Starbursts

The starburst pattern is centered on each pentagon and stitched between the

guidelines (Shown in yellow for demonstrative purposes only, in Figure 13). Using

white thread, work long stitches, following the numerical sequence shown in Figure

14. Stitch a starburst inside each pentagon.

Figure 13

Figure 14, close-up

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