Thimble temari

I thought I would try thimble stitching on a temari again since I have been making all this progress on thimble stitching techniques. Here’s what it looks like so far:

A bi-colored scales variation on a temari

I am pleased with the way my newly found thimble skills are transferring to temari. My edges and stitches are more even than they ever were before. I love the colors that I am using. However, I think I am coming to the same conclusion that I did the last time I stitched thimble style on a temari… I don’t like it.

I just don’t like the heavy design around the equator of the ball. I was much happier with it when I only had a few rows (before the gold) rather than now when it is more than halfway filled in. The more rows I add, the less I like it. I also think that I don’t really like designing from the obi up so to speak. Usually I focus on other parts of the design first and use the equator area to tie things together. Or, the equator area ends up being part of the over all design like in a NS stitching design (Merry go round). Starting here and then trying to decided upon something for the poles just isn’t working for me.

So, this is looking like another one that I will not finish. I think I will take out a few rows and see if that makes me happier. Then I’ll see if I can think of something that utilizes the thimble stitching but not with such total coverage. In the end, I will probably have to take all of it out and rewrap the ball since it is white. White temari do not play nice with ripping out.