In the 2-Colour Cluny
we worked with 3 threads – one on the loom and 2 for weaving. I showed how to
add & hide the 3rd thread, how to alternate the 2-colour weave,
and how to avoid colour blips when closing. We now move to 4 threads where 3
will be used for weaving. Since they are all different colours, we get
3-coloured stripes or bands on the Cluny
leaf.
These pics were also taken last December. I discarded an
entire set of pics for the 3-colour Cluny
(3-CC), and re-photographed with more comprehensive steps, but have included 2
from that batch here. That first 3-CC is the one just before the split ring in
some of the pics.
If I were to tat a 3-CC now, I would definitely follow
Edwige’s first step which I called ‘hitch the loom’ to remove the blip at the
bottom of my tallies.
Three-Colour Cluny Leaf
(4 threads and 3-coloured striped Cluny leaf)
Try different number of passes or wraps for a banded or
graduated effect. eg. in the collage above, the pendant is a hanging Cluny where I started
with 2 wraps of each colour twice, then narrowed the stripes to 1 wrap each. A
crystal bead had been strung on the loom earlier, between Warp1 & Warp3
(ie. the top loop).
Choose any order of weaving, place 2 colours on the left
and 1 on right, and so on. Lots of possibilities!
I have used a card loom. But choose a loom of your choice - the principle & concept remains the same.
Loom/Warp thread : mustard
Weaving threads : Colour 1 on the right – green;
Colour 2 on the left – pink
;
Colour
3 on the right – yellow.
Sequence of weaving : green, pink, yellow.
1 wrap/weave = 2 passes (across Warps and back to starting side)
One 3-CC
has already been made, followed by a split ring.
Pink is hidden within the left
side & yellow on the right side of the split ring.
I have
threaded the weaving threads. Tapestry needle works well, but shuttles are fine, too.
TIP : Place the
needle(s) on a flat surface when not in use, to avoid tangling.
2. Move
green and yellow to the right – Under, Over.
NOTE : In
order to avoid any colour blip, hitch the loom with the colour of your choice.
(not done here, unfortunately)
3. All
positioned, we are now ready to weave.
4. Move
green to the left for 1st pass (Under, Over, Under) …
To add new thread: This is the stage
where new thread can be added. In case of my first tally, I had to add yellow
colour. The collage shows how I trapped the new thread within the first green
pass. The tail can then be lined along/parallel to Warp2 or Warp3 to hide, and
snipped after a bit of weaving. See adding new thread options here -
5. and
back to the right for 2nd pass (Over, Under, Over).
1
wrap/weave complete.
6. With
pink thread -
1st
pass to the right (Under, Over, Under) …
7. and
back to the left (Over, Under, Over).
1 pink
wrap made.
Keep
packing down the weaves.
8. With
yellow thread, keeping it above the green –
1st
pass to the left (Under, Over, Under) …
9. and
back to the right (Over, Under, Over).
1 yellow
wrap made.
3 wraps made
so far, one in each colour.
10. Start
with green again, keeping it ABOVE the yellow.
TIP : Leave some slack along the
edge, enough to span the 2 coloured wraps before it comes into play again. Pulling
it too close will distort the tally edge.
11. Repeat
steps 4 to 9 to desired size, shaping the Cluny
leaf along the way.
12. To hide colour blip :
Insert all
3 needles through the top loop from below….
13. …
threads are emerging out through the top loop now
14. To
close tally -
Remove top loop and start pulling Warp2 downwards till the loop
disappears completely.
Notice
how all 3 colours are emerging from the top, covering/hiding the mustard loom
thread.
For the next element, we can easily pick the colour we want to show.
If we
skip step #12, this is what happens (tally on right in pic) – In my first 3-colour tally I forgot to
pass the green thread through top loop before closing. That thread emerges from
the right side, making it untidy and leaving some mustard blip.
15. Slip
the bottom loop off the loom and pull Warp2 upwards to close it.
16. One
3-Colour Cluny
leaf complete!
See the
tiny mustard blip on the right side of tally base?
This is the blip that hitching the loom prevents!
My pictorials show only the basic Cluny leaf being worked in colours. But as I
pointed out at the start, this colouring of a Cluny
leaf works just as well for a hanging Cluny leaf, a Split Cluny or a broad Cluny
(which will be the next in this 2018 Cluny
tatting series).
As a reminder, here’s a throwback pic of my trials shared here. Most of these are hanging Cluny leaves. I was trying to get the 'hang' of coloured Cluny tatting!
Wonderful post, 😁 I forgot about the hanging clunies I also think the stripes remind me of pretty caterpillars 💕🐛💕
ReplyDeleteCarollyn, you are the 3rd person to think they look like caterpillars ! Your long Cluny leaves would make excellent caterpillars with these stripes! I should try out a pattern :-)
DeletePhew muskaan, you have to keep your wits about you for this one. Really good effect though.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting! Thanks for sharing :). Really wished I had more time to tat. Maybe next year :).
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures! I'm usually intimidated by clunies, but I do like color, so maybe someday I'll give it a try. Thanks for posting your tutorial!
ReplyDeleteMaybe, with a loom, I could do it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful effect and great tutorial!
ReplyDeleteWow!!! Your clunies in the darker colors remind me of Indian Corn. They would be great in an autumn doily.
ReplyDeleteI guess you're right, Jane ;-P And watch out for even more of a thread-twister in next series post ;-D
ReplyDeleteJenn, it's nice to see you around again after being MIA for so long :-)
Marilee, I can't wait for you to take it up!!!
Yes, better on a loom than hand, Linda (finally a conversion ;-P?)
Thanks, Ninetta :-)
Now that's an idea, Sue! So many possibilities to play with colours. Georgia thought they looked like the woolly worm :-D
Thank you everybody for your lovely comments :-)))