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Temari Stuff
I have recently rediscovered a hobby I indulged in briefly a few years ago. An incredible site called Temarikai was responsible.
http://www.temarikai.com/ It's a must for anyone interested in this craft. As a result I had to acquire some new cottons and a few other supplies. I very quickly found I hated dealing with thread tangles associated with winding skeins of Perle cotton into balls so I got out my trusty wool winding gear. No go! It was far too big a diameter to fit the cotton skeins - so I decided to make my own. This gadget was made in about 20 minutes! The only part anyone might have trouble duplicating is the clamp which came from my current Passap winder which is approximately 35 years old. How I did it is below.
Equipment and Supplies
2 or 3 old plastic ice cream containers
Scissors to cut them
A paper stapler
An old bolt
If bolt is too long - a piece of wood or similar as a spacer.
A suitable clamp.
In place of a clamp, a weighted (with stones or marbles) jar or tin with a hole in the lid to fit the bolt may work.
If available - a heat gun
2 or 3 old plastic ice cream containers
Scissors to cut them
A paper stapler
An old bolt
If bolt is too long - a piece of wood or similar as a spacer.
A suitable clamp.
In place of a clamp, a weighted (with stones or marbles) jar or tin with a hole in the lid to fit the bolt may work.
If available - a heat gun
This is the Passap wool winder that I used as the idea for my cotton winder.
I used the clamp from it.
I used the clamp from it.
I didn't take any 'in progress' photos unfortunately but it's easily explainable.
I cut strips from the ice cream containers ~ 1" wide and cut off one end. The other end I heated with a heat gun to put a reverse bend in the tips. The strips were not long enough so I cut a squarish section from the bottom of another container. I then stapled the strips to it.
They needed to be 13.5" long to fit the skeins which are 38" long. (Pythagoras came into this! LOL)
The bolt I had that would fit the clamp was too long so I found a piece of wood to take up the slack, but it actually helps stabilize the whole thing.
I cut strips from the ice cream containers ~ 1" wide and cut off one end. The other end I heated with a heat gun to put a reverse bend in the tips. The strips were not long enough so I cut a squarish section from the bottom of another container. I then stapled the strips to it.
They needed to be 13.5" long to fit the skeins which are 38" long. (Pythagoras came into this! LOL)
The bolt I had that would fit the clamp was too long so I found a piece of wood to take up the slack, but it actually helps stabilize the whole thing.
The clamp in position
Winder with thread all ready to feed onto the ball winder. It's best to undo the knot AFTER loading the skein.
My old Empisal ball winder.
I found that toilet rolls fit perfectly.
Just cut a slit to hole the end of the cotton and wind slowly.
I found that toilet rolls fit perfectly.
Just cut a slit to hole the end of the cotton and wind slowly.
Half wound skein.
Finished skein
My thread collection so far. All wound in about 20 minutes!
This is the first of my new generation temaris. It's Temari Pattern 25 from http://www.temarikai.com/
Another view.
These are the temaris I made several years ago. I don't remember where the patterns came from but some I suspect they were from "The Temari Book" by Anna Diamond since this was the only reference I had. I now have another book - "The Craft of Temari" by Mary Wood.
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June 2009 This is my latest that has taken 'forever' to finish. The pattern is here
