![]() ![]() If you wish to break away from the conventional floral patterns almost any type of picture or design can reproduced in full colour simple country scenes and even tapestries can be, executed with lavish effect and at small expense. ![]() It would be impossible to enumerate here everything which could be done in “Tondilo” work. Here is a fine and interesting opportunity for one to use one’s imagination. In the opinion of most experts Crash is the ideal foundation for every class of design.Īchievements in Tondilo are many and varied and include beautiful cushion covers, table mats and runners, bedspreads, chair backs, screen work, etc. Almost any material can be used in Tondilo with perhaps the exception of cloths of a nature similar to doeskin. Odd lengths of wool or pulled out wool can be profitably used up. The only materials required are a number 75 Tondilo Latch Hook, some lengths of wool or silk and the cloth or canvas to work on. It is therefore better to start with simple patterns, but even the simplest pattern done with strands of wool varied in colour, will be amazing in its extravagant beauty. As in all other arts, one improves with practice. Tondilo work is an interesting and fascinating craft in which anyone can easily become proficient in a few minutes. Fulthorpe, 4, Ravensworth Road, Dunston-on-Tyne TONDILO - An Interesting and Beautiful Art by Gerald W. The recommended base fabic is "Crash," which is a general term for arough or rugged plain-weave fabric made from strong, but irregular, yarns including mixes of linen and jute. Meanwhile, the leaflet price is UK pre-decimal - no later that February 1971. Esperanto was created in the late 1870s and early 1880s and became more popular in the early-to-mid twentieth century. "Tondilo" is the Esperanto word for scissors (verb: tondi - to cut with scissors). Beause I can't find anything online about this form of needlework, I've transcribed the leaflet. This is a form of latch-hooking on a miniature scale with a sculpted finish. Another diversion from latch hooking is "Tondilo" work or "The Tondilo Embroidery and Tapestry System". ![]()
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