I love how you can translate techniques and transcribe pieces. I love taking the familiar and presenting it just a bit different.
We add beads to tatting that can remind one of adding beads
to kitting or crochet or cross stitch. Each way gives you just a bit different
result.
We can play a piano piece on the organ, or transcribe an
orchestral work for the organ. The music can sound very different, but there’s
still a bit of recognition.
When I learned how to create a “cluny leaf” in tatting, I
understood the technique, had fun creating the lace, and love using the
technique in my patterns. I also understood that those who create a similar
element in bobbin lace or surface embroidery stutter when trying our cluny
leafs in tatting. Why? I wondered.
Well, this post on Mary Corbet’s excellent blog with videos
gave me more insight:
Stitch Fun: Making Long Woven Picots without a Pin
I recommend watching this video also: https://www.needlenthread.com/2008/01/woven-picot-another-embroidery-video.html
Now I understand how to teach tatting a cluny so much
better! Thank you to all who share and teach and put fiber arts out there for
all of us!
That post was fascinating wasn’t it. Now I want to see you tat a very long cluny! Yes, it’s good when different disciplines can inform each other.
ReplyDeleteI'm intrigued and have been trying to carve time to try ideas. One stumbling block: the "long picot" starts with one end open. Could a tatted Cluny start with the warp threads apart?
ReplyDeleteThank you Mel, I enjoyed your post and idea. I think that a long long tatted (hanging?) Cluny need a long long loom, that's something very interesting to try 🥰
DeleteI think the loom I have would work, but what trips me up is the open end. Our current Cluny technique has both ends closed to a point.
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