A Method to Make Hanging Clunies

[PattyD]

Originally posted on PattyD's blog on the old site Jan 15, 2009

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A normal ring begins and ends at the same point, while a split ring begins and ends at different points.
A normal Cluny has the opposite situation: normally beginning and ending at different points (like a chain) while Hanging Clunies begin and end at the same point.
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The thread is wrapped differently for a hanging cluny.
Start in the pinch
Over the two middle fingers
Back down through the pinch from top to bottom
Wrap the end of thread around the little finger, forming a lock the same way you do for chains
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I recommend moving the loop around the fingers to the little finger after you have wrapped it as above. This increases the angle between the outside threads of the frame, making it easier to make fuller clunies.

The third leg of the frame is a blunt needle. Be sure to put the eye of the needle toward the end of the Cluny!
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Before you begin weaving the cluny, I also recommend making a locking stitch with the weaving thread. This consists of the first half of a direct tatted DS (just like the stitch in a split ring).

Finally, weave the Cluny! The pattern is under the right thread, over the needle, under the left thread; returning over the left thread, under the needle, and over the right thread. This complete pattern is one weave or repeat.
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[PattyD]

Comment by Alma Negrete on 15 January 2009 at 11:42pm
This is intresting, I've gotta try it soon. Thank you for sharing.

[PattyD]

Comment by Valerie on 16 January 2009 at 4:10am
patty, do you have pictures on how to make hanging clunies using shuttles? i've still not figured how these are actually joined to the rings/chains in, say, a doily... help appreciated.

[PattyD]

Comment by PattyD on 16 January 2009 at 7:35am
Sorry, I don't have any pictures, but since hanging Clunies start and end at the same point, like rings do, They can be treated pretty much the same as an unjoined ring (since one of the principal purposes for making hanging clunies in the first place is to have free hanging leaves instead of a chain of leaves nose to tail). So if you were making a stem for a flower, for instance, as you went up the stem, you could throw off a leaf wherever you pleased. Oh! My! Gosh! I knew I forgot something.

Here's a tidbit I didnt' mention:

The shuttle that weaves the the Cluny is a second core thread. Since you add it and then cut the thread and use the needle to pass it back through the woven threads, you essentially have to tat over the Cluny weaver thread, separate the weaver shuttle, weave the Cluny, cut the thread and then tat over tails to hide the end. It is possible to make more than one Cluny with a single uncut thread by leaving a long enough tail on the weaver shuttle before you cut it and the rewind the long end back onto a shuttle for the next Cluny. Yikes! I am so glad you asked that question.

Hanging Clunies also make very nice loose petals for a flower.

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Comment by Maria Alcántara on 17 January 2009 at 5:20pm
THANK YOU!!!!! ....your explanation is so good, that I´ll try to follow them ASAP.....