Green , Brown and Gold

Latest temari...

Chocolate in pink

Columbine

pattern from Diana Vandervoort's book Temari ISBN 087040881x

jyouge douji/ merry go round

Trifoil / trillium

This is a pattern from  Barb Seuss's Book. It a trifoil pattern called trillium. On a simple six division with brown and green based ball. On the left are the trillium flowers found in nature.

uwagake chidori kagari (kiku herringbone)

Masu Kagari

Pastel star

I found a very fine gold and ecru thread at a tiny shop in the middle of nowhere ( so to speak), its very fine not the normal no5 I use, looks like a no12 I think ( no labels). Anyway I liked to have a go and see how it would end up. I used a 4 petal kiku herringbone stitch, I love the ''flower'' pattern at the center that was created. In real life the gold thread looks very pretty but in my photos its dull :(

Dogwood C8

Pattern from Barbara Seuss Book ''Japanese Temari : a colorful Spin on an Ancient Craft'' ( ISBN-10: 1-9333081-2-5)

simple 6 Division

Pattern from temarikai.com

Simple 8

Long Life temari

This is from Barb Seuss book ''Japanese Temari''

Its a simple six division ball with three layered spindles.

Red and Green

I started this ball as a simple four division.

When I finished the squares I felt I needed to fill the gaps, so added the bands.

Striped Obi Temari

This Pattern is from Barb Seuss's Book Japanese Temari : a colorful Spin on an Ancient Craft ( ISBN-10: 1-9333081-2-5). I really like this one and I think I will make some more in various shades.

A set I am making using the same threads

Friendship chain temari

A simple 8 division with interlocking squares

A simple 12 division with the same interlocking squares

Temari Neo C8

From Temari Traditions by Diana Vandervoort. Changed it a little as I am still learning to space my thread stitches, I also did not add two rows of yellow around the triangles. I will try this ball again at a later date.

New Temari finished (S8)

I am working furiously on my temari and produced these two this week. I am learning all the basic stitches. This is a simple 8 division, I managed to space my stitching so that the threads dont buckle. I used metallic threads but the colour doesnt show so well on the one with the pink

its green with yellow.

Temari DVD

There is great DVD on Temari , it accompanies the book by Diana Vandervoort

It goes through all the patterns in the book, fantastic for those that like to see the stitches in action :)