Dear Brenda Cannot say precisely how the Indian workers managed it, but the article I read had an illustration showing the results, which did have the beads on the loop side of the stitch, not the single thread on the back. It was said that seeing the bead allowed greater speed and accuracy, but I'm sure everyone thinks their local tradition is the most efficient!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ---- From: Brenda Paternoster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Leonard Bazar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 8 July, 2006 12:03:38 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Tambouring by hand and machine A former BL student of mine used to work as a professional tambour beader (in London). She always worked with the beads/sequins underneath. Beads and sequins come threaded in strings; the thread of the 'string' is knotted to the tambouring thread and the beads transferred to the main thread which is underneath the fabric. The first loop is pulled through the fabric and then the tambouring is done with the dominant (right) hand on top and the left hand feeling the beads underneath and pushing them into position - a bead can be added on any or all of the stitches as required, and they are on the single underneath thread. To have the beads on top would surely require two threads - one for the beads and one for the tambouring which would 'couch' the bead thread between the beads. Brenda On 7 Jul 2006, at 21:19, Leonard Bazar wrote: > One difference may be the side from which it is worked, but even that > can be misleading, as I understand that professional hand beading in > England and India is done from opposite sides, in England the beads > are underneath, in India on top (or possibly vice versa), so caught in > a different part of the chain stitch. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
