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I just had to share it with everyone.
 
Joyce 
 
 
 
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eNewsletter 
August 2010 
Hi Joyce, 
 
In this issue: 
 
- Article of the Month - What is Tambour Work?
- Featured Classes
-  New Schedule
 
Article of the Month - What is Tambour Work? 
 
Tambour Work — also called Tambour Lace, Tambour Crochet or Tambour  
Embroidery — was very popular in the Far East, India and Persia in the 1500s. It  
was
introduced to Europe in the 18th century and was very popular until the  
early 20th century. 
 
The name Tambour means drum in French. The reason for this name is that the 
 fabric is pulled taut in a round frame resembling a drum leaving both  
hands
free to work on the fabric. The tool to use is a hook similar to a  crochet 
hook with a sharper point so that it could be inserted into the fabric  
easily.
The thread is held underneath the fabric in one hand then it is  pulled to 
the surface with the hook to create a loop. The hook is inserted into  the 
fabric
again and passed through the previous loop to create a chain  similar to a 
crochet chain. Repeating the process produces beautiful shapes on  the 
fabric.
This process needs a lot of practice. A professional worker can  make same 
size chains. It is believed that Tambour Work was the basis of crochet  that 
creates
chains in the air. 
 
The oriental samples of Tambour Work are done with different color thread  
to produce beautiful floral scenes. In Europe, Tambour Work was done with  
white
thread on white fabric. 
 
The fabric commonly used for Tambour Work was a fine Muslin. Later in  
England, Tambour Work was done on a net creating a lace effect which was called  
Tambour
Lace. It fell out of popularity early in the 20th century. 
 
    is becoming popular again. You can find many  Internet stores providing 
Tambour hooks and other equipment with instructions to  use them. 
 
For more information check out: 
_http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art67103.asp_ 
(http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art67103.asp)  
 
And for Tambour Hooks, check out: 
_http://www.lacis.com/catalog/data/AB_EmbroideryTambourWork.html_ 
(http://www.lacis.com/catalog/data/AB_EmbroideryTambourWork.html)