CommonMugwort ,
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Yarn people, textile people : I have found these amazing works. The woman who made them has died, and she never explained what her technique was. Embroidery? Crochet? Can any of you suggest one? Right and wrong sides shown

The same rooster as above, from the back. It looks almost exactly the same, but a bit messier, with the thin lines almost disappearing
A snake of flat knotted crochet
The snake from the back. It looks almost exactly the same, but a bit messier, with the thin lines almost disappearing

HarrietVane ,
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@CommonMugwort
Perhaps it‘s an old sort of embroidery which is named „Tambourstickerei“ in German. There you stick a Special hook through fabric, like shown here:
https://textilegeschichten.net/2017/04/30/tambourstickerei-so-verbreitet-wie-unbekannt-beitrag-stoffspielerei/

lan ,
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@HarrietVane @CommonMugwort Thank you for sharing. I did not know that kind of embroidery was popular in Europe, too. Indian aari uses a hooked needle as well. I am curious how similar the techniques are. Is there a German blog or YouTube channel you would recommend? For aari, my go-to is this: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk0ZnSQbTtVPoN41_Xo9FIlNTuCEX3cez

lauravivanco ,
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@lan It's called tambour embroidery in English. I haven't gone through all of these videos, but they seem to go into a lot of detail so they might be what you're looking for: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLddYGsLjClC2gEpbEsEzbzCYjl44x2r7i

The Royal School of Needlework says

"In India embroiderers use a form of tambour called ari which is similar but is worked from the front of the fabric and when beading the beads are loaded onto the ari hook, rather than strung onto the thread." https://rsnstitchbank.org/?/technique/tambour

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