This one has been assembled from the same motif like the hck-6. But this has four independent strings (white, pink, red and orange) where hck-6 had only two. The only difference is the motif here is rotated by 90 deg with respect to the previous one. This has two rows and three columns. Therefore, the choice of the orientation makes considerable difference in the final product. On the other hand, in the sOna squares the orientation has no effect. Enjoy!
RegardS! - mOhana
Here are the best birthday wishes to India, younger than me, but really ancient! The saffron hexagons, the blue squares and green triangles on a white ground are all arranged hexagonally. Enjoy!
Regards! - mOhana
This pattern was assembled from a 3 x 2 (see the top three rows and two columns) motif. There are only two strings (red and white). There are several triangular knots. Enjoy!
Regards! - mOhana
This was made with a basic 3 x 3 motif. The basic motif has has three independent strings. When this was assembled into a hexagonal entity, eight strings result. I chose to keep two sets of three strings in the same colour resulting in totally four colours. Enjoy!
Regards! - mOhana
This is a hexagonal chikku kOlam assembled with a 3x5 pattern. Note that there are four (white, blue, light orange, pink) coloured strings. In the centre you will find a grey version of the same pattern rotated by 30 degrees. This grey version has the hexagonal symmetry whereas the coloured one has less overall symmetry, only a two-fold axis (180 deg rotation). There are six triangular knots formed by different colours. Enjoy!
Regards! - mOhana
Here is a hexagonal chikku kOlam assembled with a 4x2 sona drawing. The overall symmetry is 32 (a vertical three-fold axis giving rise to 120 deg rotations and three intersecting two-fold axes at 60 deg). Note the following characteristics: (1) There are four independent coloured strings. (2) The up and down motion is present for all the strings. (3) Note the triangular knots made of three independent strings. There are 50 such knots in this pattern. (4) There are lots of stringed stars of David.
Enjoy! Regards - mohana
This is a sona hexagon made with a 4-3 pattern. Two types of lines only are obtained. See how the linking is obtained. Look at the white triangular chikku besides the other up-and-down threading. I placed in the centre the dotted motif just to fill the space. Enjoy!
Regards! - mOhana
This is an important (to me) dotted rangOli. many of you may remember I introduced sona patterns some time ago (see my blog http://www.ikolam.com/node/7295 and my rangOlis too). When there is only one colour for the rectangular pattern, there are two colours for the sona square. I was for a long time wondering whether I could construct a sona hexagon. At last I did. I took a 3 X 2 sona pattern (in cyan right bottom) and from that constructed a sona hexagon which has, like sona square, only two colours. This is a very important pattern. Most of the chikku kOlmas are drawn for dots in a square grid. But I have shown that we can draw such a pattern for hexagonal grid too (shown on top left as a guide). When rangOlis are drawn on hexagonal grids, three lines meet at a point. In this rangOli, there is a chikku triangle. Look at how the lines go up and down as in the square chikku kOlmas. I will at some time demonstrate this with strings for better understanding. Please study this pattern carefully when you try to draw on the floor or do an embroidery. Enjoy!
Regards! - mOhana
