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Temari balls are a Japanese craft with beautiful motifs such as flowers and geometric patterns, created by threads in various colors that are meticulously embroidered, stitched or wrapped by hand around their entire surface. Temari made in different prefectures have unique motifs that contribute to their beauty. In recent years, very small ones have been used as earrings and other fashion accessories. To make temari, a ball-shaped base is covered with silk or cotton threads. When designing…

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Get Crafting!: Temari - starting an 8 point star pattern

Hey, I'll bet you thought we were all done with measuring and pins, right? Not quite. To recap: we've wrapped a core, measured and pinned it, then placed the guide lines. In this next series of photos, we will start working on an 8 point star (kiku) pattern from two centres - the North and South poles. For this you'll need to choose at least 2 colours (I'm using three) of thread, plus a contrasting metallic thread. For the coloured thread, cotton perle is recommended, but you can also use…

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