For one thing, I wasn't aware of the differentiation between tambour work and
other forms of embroidery.
As I understand it, tambour was worked with a hook rather than a
needle. You had the cloth stretched very tightly across the hoop/frame
(like a drum, hence the name - as in tambourine), and you punched the
hook through the fabric to pick up a loop of thread, then repeated the
process with the second loop coming up through the first, and so on.
The result looked something like chain stitch.
Emily
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