On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 05:40:32 -0700 (PDT), Sherry wrote: > One...those of you that can make square tallies well,could you please send me an email on how you make them. MIne squares end up smaller at the bottom than the top. I would like to be able to improve on them. And info on making leaves wouldn't hurt either.
Sherry, I'll chime in with my personal experience here. When I first tried square tallies I had already done a lot of leaves in Bedfordshire - several hundred. My square tallies just would not come out square. They leaned to one side, to the other, were fatter at the top or at the bottom. They did generally have straight sides, but not usually parallel. I've learnt two techniques that helped me improve them. First think about the paths of the non-weaver threads. One goes down the left hand edge and one goes down the right hand edge. But what about the thread that in a leaf would go down the middle? I arrange the thread paths so that this thread starts from the top at one side and goes out at the bottom on the other side. It forms a diagonal within the square tally, often referred to as a gate shape. I make my leaf tallies by weaving with the bobbins held on the pillow. When learning to make leadworks in Honiton, which are a square tally by another name, I was shown the Honiton technique of working with all the bobbins in the hands, flicking the weaver from one hand to the other. I now always make square tallies this way. For me using different movements to make the square tallies means that my hands can't fall into the learnt patterns of leaf tallies. This solution perhaps isn't for everyone, but it works for me. -- By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. Ralph Waldo Emerson Steph Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tatting, lace & stitching page <http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm> - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
