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Pöchlarn
Quadruple spiral
Iridescent ball
Golden lace ball




  The ball "Pöchlarn" 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.
  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
  For the football the pentagons are all worked
  separately. Then all the hexagons can be worked
  in one go.
  8 pairs DMC crochet cotton 80 in black for the
  pentagons
  16 pairs DMC crochet cotton 80 in white for the
   hexagons
  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.

                       
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