I was given a big box of leftover embroidery thread and I have been using it learning to make temari balls. They are made by wrapping yarn and then thinner and thinner thread around a core until it forms a ball, dividing the ball and marking it with thread and finally stitching geometric designs over the markings. I am still very much a beginner but these are really fun to make.
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That doesn’t look like beginner work to me! Very well done!
What a fun way to use leftover thread!! How did you learn about this? How are you choosing to display it?
I saw an article about them a long time ago on this is colossal and it really made me want to learn how to make one.
Thank you for the new craft rabbit hole. I’ve been using my spare bits of string for darning but this looks more fun.
Woooow that is pretty! It is so well done that I would had thought it was bought from a store!
That’s so cool. I have a giant box of embroidery thread that I think I will have to use for this.
Impressive!
I’ve never heard of this before! It looks like it must be fun to touch.
They are! They’re pretty heavy with all the layers and they’re super satisfying to toss in your palm.
This is beautiful! How much time does something like this take? I might get into this.
I would say the initial wrapping usually takes me an evening, so 2-3 hours. Then the marking may take 1-2 hours depending on the type. And the embroidery can vary a lot depending on the design. It can take 2 hours, it can take 10.
But the process is very satisfying. You can see your progress and the geometry of it all is really fun to observe and build upon.
This is incredible! I had never heard of these so I’ve been looking them up and they are super neat. Thank you for sharing! Definitely not looking like a beginner at all!
Oh that’s nice!
This is really pretty! Temari is something I’ve been wanting to try, but I haven’t quite gotten the hang of it. Do you have any resources for getting started? Like written tutorials or videos?
I like to follow written instructions so I would recommend finding books on places like archive.org to get started.
I haven’t used video instructions, but I assume YouTube has a ton of them.
