Dozen Purple Roses

[upnorth]

OK here is picture led how to on a Rose Pattern for maybe the Wife, Daughter Girl Friend etc.

Here is the basic pattern done in MS Paint. Spacing layout is square or diameter of the blank time pi and then laid out on the blank

Here is the starting layout. I started with a 7 thread diamond of the background color. Then between the diamond and purple(rose color) I allowed for 21 threads. The gold(stem and leaves I allowed room for 6 threads.

The wrapping sequence is background and leaves/stem are single thread, and the Rose color is +1 meaning at each sequence you add 1 thread. 1st sequence 1, 2nd 2, 3rd 3, 4th 4, 5th 5, 6th 6.

Here is what it looks like after the second sequence.

Here is the 3rd pass. The purple is wrapped up or out to the black diamond and the gold is wrapped to the bottom or out. Black is wrapped out at the ends of the pattern.

Here is the 5th pass.

Here is the last pass.

5 passes of the background and then 3 passes of Metallic White.

Here it is closed up and ready to finish the ends.

Wrap complete and ready for color preserver and epoxy.

I didn't keep track of hours, but probably start to finish, 6 hours.

I did the post in a hurry, so if anyone has questions please ask.

[Jim Almquist]

That is very sweet ! What a great custom look and finish to a rod.

[upnorth]

Thanks Jim. I am hoping to post a few pics of it totally finished here in a bit. Just need a somewhat sunny day to take a few outdoor pics of everything.

I can't seem to get the hang of inside pictures for these. No flash and the dang thing gets blurry, use the flash and you get massive glare. I may have to try a tripod. I normally try to take pics of this stuff outside especially after the epoxy goes on.

[bassnbucks]

That looks great!!

[Jim Almquist]

Thanks Jim. I am hoping to post a few pics of it totally finished here in a bit. Just need a somewhat sunny day to take a few outdoor pics of everything.

I can't seem to get the hang of inside pictures for these. No flash and the dang thing gets blurry, use the flash and you get massive glare. I may have to try a tripod. I normally try to take pics of this stuff outside especially after the epoxy goes on.

A tripod will really help because with the flash you are more then likely shooting at 1/200. You may want to put something in front of the flash to act as a diffuser if the flash is built into the camera. When I have taken shots indoors I find that bouncing off the ceiling works on most of my shots. A piece of white paper or some opaque plastic taped in front of the flash might just do the trick.

[unfrozen]

I like it, great idea. That's one area of rod building I haven't ventured into...yet. I'm thinking of trying a weave on my current build but need to get my mind around it first.

[upnorth]

Weaving is a bit more difficult and you need a way to hold the thread that you will be using in the pattern. They do make jigs for that or you can make your own. I have not tried weaving yet. I have done a few things in the past that did similar stuff, so I know how to create the patterns, but lots of things to keep track of in a weave.

[unfrozen]

I dabbled with it when I started building a couple years ago. I made a couple of round jigs, similar to the Wonder Weaver, that seemed to work pretty well. I just got away from it.

[DTro]

Very cool!

Thanks for sharing.

[upnorth]

Suns out!!! Hope to get a few pics of the finished rod tonight. Going to be delivered Friday so need to get a few pics of it completed for myself too.

[upnorth]

I guess I should mention this is for my wife's sister and she is a HUGE Vikings fan, hence the Purple, Gold and White colors.

[upnorth]

Here a few pics of the finished rod.

[Dark Cloud]

Real nice!

[upnorth]

Thanks for the positive feedback folks. I hope the steps and pics lead someone else to try it too. When you figure the things you can do with colors it has some pretty cool possibilities.