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World Without End Block

A World Without End block is cre-

ated by rotating the four quarters of

a Kaleidoscope block 180 degrees.

TO DRAFT A 6 ̋ (FINISHED) BLOCK:

1. Draw a 6 ̋ Basic Underlying Structure (page 45).

A

B

A

A

A

B

B

B

Draw the basic underlying structure.

2. With a red pencil, connect each A to the second B,
   working clockwise from the top A. This creates the on-
   point square.


3. With a blue pencil, connect each outside corner to 2
   adjoining corners of the red center square; repeat 3 more
   times.

A

B

A

A

B

B

B A

Connect A’s to B’s; then connect the outside

corners to the red corners.

4. Erase all unnecessary lines, leaving only seamlines.

Mother’s Delight

Block

This block takes World Without

End (at left) just a couple of

steps further.

TO DRAFT A 6 ̋ (FINISHED) BLOCK:

1. Draft a 6 ̋ World Without End block (at left); do not
   erase any lines.


2. Where the horizontal and vertical lines meet the
   outside edge of the block, label those 1. Where the
   diagonal lines intersect with the side of the red square,
   label those 2.
   A

B

1 1

1

1

2 2

A^22

A

B

B

B A

Draft a World Without End block; then

label the lines and intersections.

3. With an orange pencil, connect each 1 to two 2’s.
   A

B

1 1

1

1

(^22)
A^22
A
B
B
B A
Connect 1’s to 2’s.

4. Erase all unnecessary lines, leaving only seamlines.