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I just had one of those memory flashbacks and wondered if any of you did corking -
it was a cylindrical shaped thingy with 4 pins sticking out one end with a hole going down the middle and your ...erm ....corking stuff came out the bottom hole - er er and I could only make tea cosies?

Beginning to question my sanity now Lol

french knitting?????

think it was called french knitting in most parts,,,

and you can still get them

Mine was an old Cotton reel, with 4 small nails in the top - we called it French Knitting, my best friend was given a 'posh' one shaped like a wooden doll.

You ended up with yards of it!

I started off with a cotton reel, but then I got a soldier in a red uniform and a black peaked hat. I made miles and miles of .....




scarfs! lol

Kaz

as for your sanity would you like answers on a postcard lol

Just put the cork back in the bottle, Kaz, and open it again another time.

Oh, I vouch for her sanity ok.

Oh thank you for all your replies - so I am not going daft then -!

Aha ahem of course I meant to say french knitting Lol

Wonder why Brummie's called it 'corking' and why do the French knit that way? Do they need a lot of tea cosies?

I had a dolly one but I always thought when I was doing the corky thing - Why???

Anyway thanks for votes of confidence in my sanity and to others *glares at Dawn and Sprout* may all your sprouts be manky an yer corking wonky!

Kaz :o)))))))))

now now Kaz you know Im not sane either

perspicacious too

only corking I know kaz is the vino variety sorry
catherine
xx

Yes, I made a carpet by waiting until I had a really long bit of the knitting and sewing it into a catherine wheel......when I was about 12.....

I actually found one last year, it is like a wooden doll and I bought it for when my granddaughter is old enough to take interest.....it is still in its box and is made in India, it is called a Pony French Knitter....

My Dad used to put nail tacks (4) in a cotton reel for me and my Sis.....

Lol Dawnie I know!!!! I still remember us talking on our mobiles to each other only a hundred yards apart !!

Thanks Joy - 0h yaay!


*skips off feeling all perspica ..... thingy*

Just googled it, and it is priced at £3.50......Maybe an idea as a stocking present for a 7 or 8 year old.....or are they more sophisticated now.....

Lol Catherine - I do not know what you mean ??? pmsl

Sally I do remember having a cotton reel too when my dolly broke. It is a shame it is lost on the kids of today but I'm sure some would like it

Oh just had another memory flashy thing - making pom poms on doughnut-shaped pieces of cardboard!

*still wondering why Brummies called it 'corking'

Yes, remember French Knitting too.

Also remember making pom poms on the doughnut thingies!

The cotton reels are plastic now Kaz, I tried knocking some nails in one and it didn't work.....yes and I made pom-poms too....my Mum taught me to knit and the rest.....never any good with crochet though.....

Do you remember the paper flowers in the 70's....?

oh I had one and it does bring back fond memories. In the summers my mates and I would climb up into our tree house and spend hours corking. It became an obsession and great contest as at the end of each week we would measure to see who's was the longest. We were all working at making one big gigantic rug by putting all our efforts together. Thing is then we argued about whos house would hold this wonderful creation and in the end it never did get made. lol