Hello Jean -
Yes, in answer to your question, this sounds very much like the way Anny
Noben was making tallies. In fact, I flipped my digital camera to
"movie" mode, and made a couple of film clips of her work... she was
going slowly so that we could see how it was done, so it really is quite
clear. But the problem is that even though the clips are not long, they
are too big to send as an attachment. Tess and I have communicated on
this subject, and I will be sending her a disc next week with the two
clips on it. Her nephew is far more savy than either of us, and will
figure out how to either cut the clips down to size, OR - even better -
post it to "the Professor's" website where we can all see it. Once we
can see one method, it will be far easier to understand distinctions
between this and other methods. AND... we can add other methods as we
are able to capture them on "film"!!
And BTW... I learned to make Tallies from Ulrike Lohr (her name at the
time...) and have made them that way ever since. But that method was
useless for me with regard to leaves, so I took a workshop with
Christine Springett last winter, and am very pleased with the result.
The secret to Christine's method has to do with the tensioning, which is
also one of those things easier to understand if you can see it. So
this may be another method to be documented on whatever website we
eventually find to host these clips.
Clay
Jean Leader wrote:
The Cluny de Brioude way of making leaf-shaped tallies doesn't come in
the book at all - it's difficult to describe and the best way to get
the hang of it is to see someone doing it.
However, as I started this thread I'll have a bash
You start with your hands palm down, bobbins (up to eight) held
between fingers and thumbs. The weaver bobbin is on the left of those
in the right hand, the central pendulum bobbin on the right of those
in the left hand.
1. Release weaver bobbin and flick it to the left - it goes under the
central pendulum bobbin. Release pendulum bobbin, pick weaver bobbin
up between thumb and first finger of left hand, pendulum bobbin
between thumb and first finger of right hand (this should all flow
together smoothly).
2. Tension so that everything looks nice (the word I would use here is
'shuggle' - pull gently, wiggle and so on). Keeping the pendulum
bobbin well to the right is important.
3. Turn left hand palm up towards the left, release weaver bobbin
(gently) on to pillow, and turn hand palm down again. Hold weaver
bobbin between thumb and first finger of left hand. (The weaver bobbin
has gone over and under the other treads in the left hand.)
4. Release pendulum bobbin and flick to the left under weaver bobbin.
Release weaver bobbin, pick pendulum bobbin up between thumb and first
finger of left hand, weaver bobbin between thumb and first finger of
right hand.
5. Tension - this time keeping pendulum bobbin well to the left.
6. Release weaver bobbin, turn right hand palm up to the right and
pick up weaver bobbin between thumb and first finger of right hand
(this is the uncomfortable bit). Turn right hand palm down again. (The
weaver bobbin has gone under and over the other treads in the right
hand.)
Start again at 1.
What is nice about this method is that it allows you to control up to
8 bobbins which can be very useful when you're using colours - you can
hide the ones you don't need until later inside the tally.
But, like Tamara, I reckon that the secret of ridges at the side is
packing in as many passes as possible - I get them when working flat
on a pillow (with the weaver long and the other threads short).
(Clay - is this how Anny Noben-Slegers makes tallies? She came to see
Natalie making a tally during the class but they talked in French...)
Jean in damp, grey Glasgow, Scotland
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