P�chlarn |
Quadruple spiral |
Iridescent ball |
Golden lace ball
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The ball "P�chlarn" is
named after an Austrian town. It is worked as a spiral cloth stitch band. 6 pairs Aurifil 12/2 3 pairs MEZ Spitzengarn (crochet cotton) 80 6 cm styrofoam ball |
The ball "Quadruple
spiral" was made with transparent nylon sewing thread which I had previously dyed. It was published in 2014 in Spitzen Kugeln - eine Form, viele M�glichkeiten (Gr�ne Reihe, Deutscher Kl�ppelverband) 7 pairs Madeira Monofil 40 for each colour 1 Paar 0.22 mm fishing line for each colour 6 cm styrofoam ball |
The pattern for this
ball was published in the OIDFA Bulletin 1/2007. It is worked as a spiral band in random ground. 12 pairs Metallic Madeira 40 (Astro 1) 6 cm styrofoam ball |
The 6 segments of the
golden lace ball are worked from pole to pole and back with cloth stitch edges and a filling of Torchon ground. 12 pairs Madeira Metallic 40 4 cm styrofoam ball |
Chinese lantern | Slagelse |
Blue planet |
Poinsettia |
The Chinese lantern
has 12 segments worked from pole to pole and back in cloth stitch with twisted workers. 8 pairs Goldschild linen Nm 50/3, Nel 80/3 6 cm styrofoam ball |
The lace ball
"Slagelse" is named after a Danish town. It is relatively quick to work in whole stitch and twist. The six segments are worked from pole to pole and back. 8 pairs Goldschild linen Nm 50/3, Nel 80/3 6 cm styrofoam ball |
"Blue planet" consists
of a spiral band worked with transparent thread and linen. 4 pairs each wound with two threads: linen Nm 50/3 (Blue Bajou from Barbara Diesing) and Madeira Monofil 40, 2 pairs Madeira Monofil 40 (workers) 6 cm styrofoam ball |
The pattern for this
ball was published in the Danish handicrafts magazine Haandarbejtsbladet in November 2009. 5 pairs Anchor Mercer Crochet 80 1 Paar Coats Ophir (Gold) 6 cm styrofoam ball |
Blue planet-2 | Football |
Blues |
Poinsettia-2 |
The spiral band
forming this ball is worked with linen thread in random ground. 6 pairs linen Nm 50/3 (Blue Bajou from Barbara Diesing) 6 cm styrofoam ball |
The lace pricking for
the football was published in "Die Spitze 2/2012". First the pentagons are all worked separately. Then all the hexagons can be worked in one go. 8 pairs DMC crochet cotton 80 in black 16 pairs DMC crochet cotton 80 in white 7 cm styrofoam ball |
In this blue ball the
segments are worked in cloth stitch at the poles and in cloth stitch and twist in the centre. 10 pairs Moravia linen 50/4 6 cm styrofoam ball |
Poinsettia-2 is the
all red version of the red and white ball above. |
Halloween |
Red
Ball |
Golden
Gauze Ground |
Forget-me-not |
The instructions for making the ball "Halloween" were published in Vuelta y Cruz - Twist and Cross in Nov. 2015. It glows in the dark. It was worked on the same pricking as "Red Ball" und "Golden Gauze Ground". 14 pairs Special Madeira Halloween 6 cm styrofoam ball |
The instructions for making the red
ball with its ground of cloth stitch squares were published in Vuelta y Cruz - Twist and Cross in Nov. 2015. It was worked on the same pricking as the balls "Halloween" und "Golden Gauze Ground". 13 pairs Bockens Knyppelgarn (linen) 60/2 6 cm styrofoam ball |
The instructions for the ball in gauze
ground were published in Vuelta y Cruz - Twist and Cross in Nov. 2014. It was worked on the same pricking as "Halloween" und "Red Ball". 16 pairs Madeira Metallic No. 40 6 cm styrofoam ball |
The instructions for
making the forget- me-not ball were published in 2014 in the booklet Spitzen Kugeln - eine Form, viele M�glichkeiten (Gr�ne Reihe, Deutscher Kl�ppelverband). 15 pairs MEZ Spitzengarn 80 (background) 8 pairs MEZ Spitzengarn 80 (flowers) 6 cm styrofoam ball |