As of about half an hour ago I have reached the end of the center chart for Fire Thief:
The chart is quite pleasant to work, now that I put the time in to get it constructed correctly. Thanks again to JC Briar and stitch-maps.com.
Over the weekend I bought beads:
I also spent some time with construction paper, scissors, and tape, and I think I have a sense of how I want the shaping to work:
I don’t really think there’s any way to know other than to work and see how it comes out. The white paper one in the foreground is the closest to what I think I’ll end up with.
There are eight repeats of the center chart, each of which divides into four arms, leaving 32. This is a number that pleases me. 🙂 I didn’t so much plan it that way as notice it when I was starting to think about how to divide the segments between the various ways of working the expansion chart.
Next up is to do a tiny bit more chart work to make the transition from the center to the expansion, and then start working and see how it comes out.
Oooh! Please let me know when this pretty pattern is ready for a second set of eyes and some testing!
I certainly will! You could get the same colorway from Susan at Abstract Fibers– she’s local for you!