My 2015 Cluny
tatting series had links to many different types of Cluny looms. I have since come across a couple more that are listed here. ( I'm too scared of updating my post for fear it may
jump from 2015 to 2018! Blogger as already messed up the September postings!) But this post is the result of what Jean
Gordon sent me recently.
Shoebox Lid cut into a Cluny loom by Jean Gordon |
- it is shallow, not deep and bulky like the shoe box, making
storage a non-issue; and
- she cut slits into the lid which acts as a built-in shed – no knobs or pins, and so on!
Jean's Cluny tatting on a card loom |
Handy Hands' Ultimate Cluny Loom (image from pinterest) |
Last but not least is Tim Kaylor’s 3D printed loom – his own original design! He was kind enough to offer to send me one when he first made them.
Meanwhile I’m getting ready to post the next pictorial showing 3-coloured
I usually use my fingers. Completely portable and there's no need for storage. :D There is a difference in my Cluny tallies depending on whether I use my fingers or whether I use a loom. One way they're short and fat, the other way they're long and thin. :) Since I carry tatting with me all the time, using my fingers makes it easier - nothing extra to carry if the 'current' pattern uses Cluny tallies.
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I’ve only used fingers too.
ReplyDeleteYea me too I use fingers and posted a video on a slightly different way to weave that is easier on my hands, but I can see where you may need to start with a board I did do this.
ReplyDeleteStephanie, I can see you wiggling your fingers at me - "where I go, my fingers go" ;-P Best possible tool!
ReplyDeleteBut there are tatters who cannot use their fingers for various reasons. Which is why I like to share the many options available. We never know which one may work for the individual.
In my list of looms, there are links to the hand/finger loom as well, not merely artificial looms.
Have a great weekend, Steph, Jane & Carollyn :-)))
I don't know where I've seen it, but SOMEWHERE out there online is a picture of someone using the arm of an upholstered chair as a loom. Her threads are pinned to the chair arm, and she's holding the Cluny tally with her left hand and weaving with the shuttle in her right hand. Wish I knew where to find it. You'd love to have that one on your list, too, I'm sure. :)
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I seem to recall it too, Stephanie! Perhaps it is already there in my list? If not, here I go hunting ;-P
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