At 01:21 PM 11/14/2003 -0000, you wrote: >I confess I am not a tatter - have never even fallen foul of the tatting >lady at demonstrations - but I would have called this a French knitting tool >not a tatting instrument. > >http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3252879443&category=114 > >is it for French knitting and what is that spring on the side for?
It's a Knitting Knoddy. It looks like a cord making implement like I had in childhood. A yarn is threaded down the hole. Hold the end and loop the yarn around each prong. Then the yarn is passed on the outside of a prong, using a crochet hook, lift up the previous looped thread and pass it over the prong to the inside. Continue to the next prong, and around and around. The lifted-over loops form a knitted cord that falls out the bottom of the hole. I haven't seen the wire at the side before, but am guessing that it is to hold the crochet hook while not in use. Homemade Knitting Knoddy's were made from large sewing thread spools and little nails. The two-sided staple prongs would make it easier to hook the thread with a crochet hook, but we did fine with just finishing nails. I think I made cords in Brownie Scouts. PS == the previous seller -- the punch needle type thing -- has withdrawn the item from sale until she figures out what it is. Too many protests of the mislabling, I think. Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon - Brisk cold wind today. Clear but chilly. Oregon Country Lacemakers Arachne Secret Pal Administrator Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
