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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