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,
If it was couched the beads would have been between the loops - the
only other possibility is that the hook holding the loop was passed
through the bead before going back into the fabric - that surely
couldn't increase the speed of working.
but I'm sure everyone thinks their local tradition is the most
efficient!
Very true.
Brenda
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From: Brenda Paternoster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Leonard Bazar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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.
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