Jenny wrote: <is it for French knitting and what is that spring on the side for?>
It's for French Knitting. I think it's also known as a 'knitting noddy'. We used to make them from wooden cotton reels with four small nails in place of the hooks. They also used to be sold in a taller thinner version with a doll painted in them so the round snake you made went down inside the hat and came out of the feet. I think the spring on the side might be to take the tool for making the stitches. We just used a crochet hook or even a larger nail, but this one might have originally had its own tool that fitted into the spring when it wasn't being used. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
