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Does anyone remember 'corking'?

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Joy

Joy Report 31 Oct 2007 19:22


perspicacious too

Dawnieher3headaches

Dawnieher3headaches Report 31 Oct 2007 19:20

now now Kaz you know Im not sane either

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Kaz in a Tizz

Kaz in a Tizz Report 31 Oct 2007 19:19

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)))))))))

Kaz in a Tizz

Kaz in a Tizz Report 31 Oct 2007 19:14

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?

Joy

Joy Report 31 Oct 2007 19:12

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

Oh, I vouch for her sanity ok.

Dawnieher3headaches

Dawnieher3headaches Report 31 Oct 2007 19:08

Kaz

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

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₪ TeresaW elite empress of deleted threads&# Report 31 Oct 2007 19:08

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

♥†۩ Carol Paine ۩†♥

♥†۩ Carol Paine ۩†♥ Report 31 Oct 2007 19:07

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!

Dawnieher3headaches

Dawnieher3headaches Report 31 Oct 2007 19:06

and you can still get them

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Kay????

Kay???? Report 31 Oct 2007 19:05

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

Dawnieher3headaches

Dawnieher3headaches Report 31 Oct 2007 19:03

french knitting?????

Researching:
Dove,Call,Trudgett,Andrews,Fossett,Milton

Kaz in a Tizz

Kaz in a Tizz Report 31 Oct 2007 19:02

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

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