New year, new temari in Temari

I said I wanted to start trying new patterns, so here we go.

I LOVE this temari. I tried it once before, but didn’t really read the pattern instructions closely and as such was entirely disappointed in it. This one I did for my January handmade and trade partner and now I don’t want to send it to her, because I love it so much. Eight hours of stitching in this temari.

Another view:

The fish temari. I liked this one. It stitched up faster than I expected given the constant side switching and colour switching I had to do.

I like that the negative-space image is a fish. Typically they are flowers on temari, so having something a bit different was fun to do.

The Irish, or 4-leaf clover ball. I don’t particularly like how this one turned out. I think it’s because the green guidelines are too visible. I would like to try it again on a black mari. But it’s a time consuming one again, so it might be awhile before I return to this pattern.

Of course, because I don’t like this one, it’s already been sold. I don’t know why people like the ones I don’t, but personal taste I guess is an interesting thing.

Another view where the clovers become more obvious:

A simple variegated red thread on black, with one line of spaced stitching at the end of the points.

It’s not super obvious looking at it, but it’s about 2.5cm smaller in diameter than what I typically make. I’m trying to use up the foam cores and the thread that I have here at the house before I buy more, so there will be a couple dozen or so of this smaller size by the time I’m finished.

And that’s where temari things are at 10 days into January.