This year's cards for swap are embroidered again. They are made in traditional technique called tkaničenje (tkaneechenye). I decided to make them, because I want to get rid of very peculiar piece of fabric.
Najprej nekaj malega o tehniki. Tkanice so značilne za Belo krajino. Zelo so podobne tkanju. Tradicionalno (in tega se skušam držat) so vezene na laneno platno z modro in/ali rdečo nitjo, pa tudi črna se uporablja, a redkeje. Sprva sta obstajali dve varianti: zares tkana in vezena. Vzorci so simetrični, motivika je cvetlična, abstraktna, dostikrat tudi živalska.
Let me introduce the technique. Tkanicas (sing. tkanica "tkaneetsa") are well known type of embroidery from Bela Krajina county in Slovenia. They resemble weawing. Traditionaly (and I'm trying to follow this) are made on linen with blue and/or red thread, or black, but that is rare. Originaly they were woved, embroidered variant came later. Patterns are symetrical, motives are floral, abstract and there are often animals too.
Nekako se mi dozdeva, da so bile zares tkane dražje od navadnega lanenega platna, tkali pa niso pri vsaki hiši, zato so gospodinje, ki so želele lep pisan gospodinjski tekstil (brisače, posteljnino ipd.) pač sklenile malo pogoljufati. Če jih še kdo še zares tke, ne vem (ne živim v Beli krajini), vezene pa se najdejo na raznih etno sejmih in razstavah ročnih del.
I think woved tkanicas were more expensive than plain linen. But housewives wanted to have colourful bed linens or towels etc., so they cheatted a little. I don't know if woven tkanicas are still produced today (I'm not form Bela Krajina), but you can meet embroidered ones on ethno faires or exhibitions.
Čudaško blago, ki sem ga preje omenila, je pravzaprav mešanica bombažnih in lanenih niti različnih debelin in ne vem, čemu je v resnici namenjeno. Za ostale tehnike vezenja po štetih nitih ni primerno, ker ... ne vem, kako naj razložim ... vezenje pride ven poonegavljeno ... no, TUKAJLE je en pripevek na temo, pa si sami poglejte slike. Za tkanice se mi pa zdi zelo uporabno. Tudi izvlačenje niti, ki je včasih potrebno, je precej enostavno.
Peculiar piece of fabric, mentioned above, is mixture of cotton and linen threads of different thicknesses. I'm not sure what it was originaly for. It's not suitable for other sorts of counted stitching. Embroideries are ... well, deformed, like some of these in article HERE. But I find it very appropriate for tkanicas. Pulling out of threads is also easier.
Celotno letošnjo kolekcijo kartic si lahko ogledate TUKAJ.
Full collection of this year's cards you can see HERE.
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