Temari #102 and #103 represent all my temari production for the past couple months.
The one above is #102, a C8 division. If it looks suspiciously familiar, it is because it is a C8 version of my temari #101, which is a C10.
There are less Shasta daisies on this one, but the flowers are a bit fuller appearing since there are more petals per flower.
The perle cotton threads on this ball are ones I hand dyed.
The next temari, #103, is a C10 division. There are six bands that make up the wider nine thread bands. The sixth band is a zigzag that circumscribes the ball instead of a straight line.
The remaining negative spaces were highlighted with narrow three thread bands.
A pastel variegated thread alternates with black in the wide bands. Although this might no show well on the computer screen, in person, this creates a subtle dynamic quality to the design.
Only the pale peach thread used in the diamonds and to tack down intersections is one of my hand dyed threads.
Only two temari to show for over two months is very low production for me. With a number of health issues that are as tangled as a ball of thread after a cat has played with it, I am pleased to have achieved this much.
There is another temari in the works that is going with me to doctors appointments. Lately, the wait times have been relatively short, so not much progress at appointments.
A new C10 temari, maroon background with twelve stars, is going with me today to an appointment. What will go in the hexagon negative spaces between the stars is yet to be decided. Postponing that decision gives me something to look forward to.
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