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Anyone remember knitting a long woollen tube this way with a cotton reel and 4 nails in one end? I am trying to remember what this is called

Corking?

Jac

Yes it was corking, I bought something similar for my grandaughter a couple of years ago called 'Knitting Nancy' or something like that.

It was in the shape of a doll. The only reason I bought it was cos I couldn't find a wooded cotton reel anywhere

Corking- that's it! Thank you

We used to call it "French Knitting".

Cheers, Tony.

You can find something similar in Dunelm - bought some for the kids last year - they loved it

Anyone remember "Shaky Bottle" ? ? ?

Cheers, Tony.

Kleftiwallah wrote:We used to call it "French Knitting".

Cheers, Tony.

Thats what we called it too.
Jo

We called it corking, the French knitting we did was knitting without needles, bit like crochet

hat did "shaky bottle" involve?- I don't remember that

I remember shaky bottle.I drank some once when playing football over Hurst Green Park.The older lads told me it was cold tea!!

What is it ????

I'd blanked this from my mind back in 1958.

But what is it ???????

Antie Em wrote:But what is it ???????

I dread to think what Rob means (think i know though!)

I think this is more like the original meaning - http://childhoodlist.blogspot.co.uk/201 ... ttles.html