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A Fun Temari from a Workshop

12/25/2022

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On December 10th, I took a Temari workshop from Nicola of The Twisted Thread. Nicola is (also) working on her Temari certification(s) and has completed the Honka (Level 1) and Koutouka (Level 2) work and is currently working on the Shihan (Level 3) Certification which qualifies you as a teacher in Japan; you do not need this level to teach elsewhere in the world.

In the Temari Facebook group I belong to Nicola posted pictures of a Temari she designed and would teach it in an online workshop; the design being a swirl of Peacock feathers.  I signed up and then selected my colors and wound 2 mari in preparation.

The workshop started around 1 pm London Time (Nicoloa lives in the UK) which was 7am here in Texas. I woke up early (630 am) to get the computer ready and attached via the HDMI cable to the large TV in family room, I made a large coffee and put in my thermos mug and grabbed a quick bite. I was the only participant from the USA and there were 5 other students from England and Scotland.  
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The workshop lasted 4 hours which was more than enough time to complete 1 of the 6 feathers as well as talking about other temari things - I shared information on Rainbow Gallery threads which I use when I need a metallic, which everyone else were not familiar with. 

I finished the small temari during the next week and the following two weeks I worked on the larger temari, in the evening, while watching movies.
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Temari for a Good Cause

11/6/2022

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I have a friend who lives in New Braunfels who is very active in the Kiwanis. She recently commissioned me to make a Temari for their holiday fundraising event.  I made two - one being in red/green/white/gold for those who observe Christmas and a Blue/Silver/White for those that celebrate Hannukah.

Afterwards I made a "very" Hannukah one for me. 
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COVID Recovery - Part 3 & Temari

7/9/2022

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It's now a month+ since I tested positive for COVID.
I am still tired, brain fogged, confused, having phantom smells, the occasional fever and some feelings of depression. 

​Having done more reading I found an article about how "they" are seeing that people who take longer to recover (i.e. long COVID) are those who continued to work and did not rest enough. Some people have told me it has taken 2-3 months for them to feel fully recovered.

With this information, I shall be resting for another month and at that time if I am still showing symptoms I will contact one of the Long COVID Clinics in the area to see what else could be done.

​And for something else, here's a temari I just finished. I started this one back in 2021 and stopped due to the tendonitis in my right thumb. I was planning on finishing it after I returned from The Big Walk. I started to work on it but as we all know, now, I got COVID and then realized I was making too many mistakes that had to be undone so I only worked on it when I felt good. It is a C8 and comes from one of the Japanese temari books but I can't find which one at the moment. 
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Temari in Scotland

5/30/2022

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During the 8 month long planning for this trip, one of the items I had pack was temari making supplies. Elisa has Japanophilia, as do I, and since I make temari and she does not, we thought this would be a great opportunity to show and make her a temari or two.

I assembled a basic kit of rice hulls, yarn, pins, needle, paper strips, mari thread and colored threads for the design, and 2 patterns I knew I could finish during my visit. 

​A day or two after I arrived I started making a mari by putting the hulls in a piece of cloth and wrapping with yarn and then wrapping with a pale teal. I showed Elisa how I use the paper strip and pins to mark and divide the ball. The next day I lay down the marking thread and started stitching. I did not finish the first temari until after I returned from the walk.  After the wrapped bands on a Combination 8 in red, green gold/brown was finished I started the Simple 12 kiku pattern in Pink and Purples.

The best part was when Elisa decided to take some artsy-fartsy pictures of the supplies used and of me too.
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Artsy-Fartsy-Temari

8/23/2021

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Quite a while ago, I stitched a temari with the shiny threads from Japan. This pattern is called plum blossom and because Elisa of Scotland has a Victoria Plum tree, I sent it to her.  Elisa is very into digital photog and today she sent this picture to me.
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Basket Weave Temari and Yubinuki

4/11/2021

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Last month I started this basket weave temari. I based it on a temari from one of the books from Japan (Cosmo #5) but where they used 2 colors, I used 5 - 3 for the main weaved squares and two for the framing. I also changed up how the bands weave into the framing. I chose one direction (x, y or z) for each color this results in  2 of the 3 main colors being woven in each square and the squares on opposite sides of the temari are the same.   I also took many measurements long the way to make sure everything stayd "true" so the framing at the corners would meet nice and tight. Then I made a coordinated yubinuki using the same colors, again in a basket weave where stitched threads are the warp (vertical threads) and the weft (horizontal) are woven but NOT stitched.
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Two Temari and A Yubinuki

3/26/2021

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For the past few weeks I have been working on some advanced temaril - this first is Cedar and this was done 3 times to get it correct. It is stitched with 3 strands of floss to make an all over covering.  The second is a type of  yubinuki obi design that is stitched with double perle cotton thread. I stitched twice as my first color choices did not get the design to pop. I then decided to make a yubinuki stand to go with it it.
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Another Fun Temari

2/5/2021

 
Here is a temari I just finished for fun.
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Yubinuki Ring Stand for the Ninja Star Temari

10/24/2020

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In my prior post I made a Ninja Star temari. I decided to make a yubinuki ring stand for it instead using a plexiglass ring stand like those use to display stone spheres and eggs.   

For this core, I used part of a card board tube (the core of a toilet paper roll) and cotton quilt batting.  The design would be the same colors as the temari and have a small woven section so the ring base is similar but not the same as the temari.
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Temari For Fun

10/14/2020

 
Now that the course work and my patterns, for the Level 2 certification are done, all I can do is wait until February to submit and then in May/June I will be notified. 

I am now doing some temari for the fun it. First up is an advanced C8 from a Japanese book. This was a stitch-a-long in the temari group, back in September. It is call Ninja Star and if you quilt you might think of it as Monkey Wrench and if you weave it is similar to a hounds tooth.  If you don't quilt or weave, never mind!

The mari must be very round and the markings with in 1 mm or less of each other, otherwise it throws everything off.  Most of this temari is woven but a square structure is stitched on the mari thus giving a frame for the weaving to attach too. All the stitching is done with doubled thread and it is important to ensure that no twist happen as the threads are woven. 

I actually wound 2 mari. The first was too large for the pattern and I would have had to experiment to see if I could make it work with extra rows; it was just easier to wind a new mari in the correct size. After marking with regular sewing thread, it is removed later, I measured everything 4 times to make all the divisions and intersections as even as possible - lots of pins were used to indicate where I had been. Then the stitching and the weaving!

I was partway through the weaving and I almost gave up - twice as I was not seeing the design. But I do not give up and figured if it did not appear, I had at least learned what not to do. When I started the last set of wraps, the design began to appear - YIPEE.  I did have a lot of grooming to do - where you push the threads around to even and straighten them. 

​Next up, a Yubinuki base in the same colors for it. That will be my next post
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    Laurie lives in central Texas with Erich, a.k.a. "the shop elf", her hubby of 35+ years and Cowboy Boots, the cat; her metals studio including 100+ hammers and 300+ chasing tools; her sewing studio which has a sewing machine, a closet filled with fabric, hundreds of skeins of embroidery floss and perle cotton, silk and other materials, and Mrs. King the dress dummy; two weaving looms, assorted knitting needles, tubs of yarn; lots of books; plus a plethora of geeky tech gadgets, computers, and more.

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