Needle Embroidery
Embroidery Making
NEEDLE EMBROIDERY
Turkish
needle embroidery is known as “Turkish lace” and does, indeed, resemble lacework
at first sight. The two are actually different, however. Lacework is made by
sewing onto an object, and is two-dimensional. Turkish embroidery is
three-dimensional and may be used as separate, distinct ornament. Silk is the
material most generally used for needle embroidery. The invention and
development of needle embroidery is largely the result of Anatolia’s being on
the Silk Road and having its own silk production. Embroidery is done by knotting
with small needles. As the knots become denser, the plaits become smaller.
Needle embroidery is done by making loops with threads and by pulling the needle
and thread through the loop. There are two types of needle embroidery: square
and triangular. Needle embroiders can be either single or double-embossed. In
single-embossed embroidery, the needle is first stuck into the fabric and the
thread turned from right to left in order to form a circle. The loops are
repeated with particular spaces between them, and the
first
line, called the giraffe, is thus constituted. On the return, the loop is made
by passing it through the circle from left to right. The second line is made by
repeating the same process by sticking the needle into the connecting point in
the first line or into the middle of the loop by forming designs such as root,
rock and main embroidery that will create the main contour. Knitting designs are
called single, rice, Mecnun home, Trabzon/trabzan. A flower or a leaf are
accepted as examples of needle embroidery on their own. Compositions are formed
by arranging the components in various forms. These compositions are as follows:
- Chains
- Yemeni (a head scarf made of woven cotton material)
embroidery
- Aigrette embroidery
- Crown embroidery
- Branch embroidery
- Flowerpot embroidery
- Cotton bag embroidery
Horse hair, antenna wire and nowadays even fishing line are used to make the
designs stay up once they have been starched with egg white, sugar or gelatin.
Natural silk thread and cotton thread are used in needle embroidery. Some types
including decorative objects such as spangles, beads etc. may also be seen.
1st Picture: Butterfly, Ankara/Nallıhan
2nd Picture: Grapevine Rose, Elazığ