tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post3860806847158672980..comments2024-03-27T08:38:55.922+00:00Comments on Knitting Now and Then: A Kit for French KnittingBarbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16481362252017232022noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-3392841190692815032016-11-26T21:54:16.688+00:002016-11-26T21:54:16.688+00:00Hi Joan, The tools and gadgets in the Guild colle...Hi Joan, The tools and gadgets in the Guild collection have all been donated, I think - we certainly haven't bought any in the last few years, while I have been volunteering. Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481362252017232022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-12547446613403964162016-11-25T06:24:35.803+00:002016-11-25T06:24:35.803+00:00Hi Barbara,
Where do you usually buy vintage knitt...Hi Barbara,<br />Where do you usually buy vintage knitting memorabilia?<br />Joan of Little Knitting Fairyhttp://littleknittingfairy.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-70312922070158512212015-10-06T01:08:28.153+01:002015-10-06T01:08:28.153+01:00I never idly speculate, but I see you already have...I never idly speculate, but I see you already have an example advert. I have seen these used and also mentioned in old mags. I did not have a copy to send on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-56670073673078329522015-08-12T17:35:51.090+01:002015-08-12T17:35:51.090+01:00Thanks so much for the pointer to the Benbow knitt...Thanks so much for the pointer to the Benbow knitting needles ad! It's just what we need. We have quite a diverse sub-collection of tools and gadgets in the Knitting & Crochet Guild's collection, though the main focus is on knitted & crocheted items and publications. (But I haven't read them all - otherwise I might have seen the Weldon's ad.) Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481362252017232022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-56604465787911316722015-08-12T16:57:18.246+01:002015-08-12T16:57:18.246+01:00Hi from Australia! I have only just found your blo...Hi from Australia! I have only just found your blog and I do not know how I had missed it before now ..... as I am always searching on the internet for knitty things. About your knitting needles, I have a blog - knitsandbits - where I posted an old advertisement from Weldons - take a look - http://knitsandbits.blogspot.com.au/2008/11/benbow-knitting-pin.html - I also collect everything from vintage knitting and crochet to vintage sewing. I have two other blogs about these. I have a huge collection of knitting nancies and hope to one day publish a book about them. I hope you might take a look. I also manage the Flickr Spool knitter group and the Yahoo Spoolknitter group and the Yahoo Collectionvintagesewingandknitting. I do hope you can reply - we may be soul sisters! .... cheers, Mariancrazyhaberdasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08212678827504554003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-70193504292464242012014-07-08T16:29:39.690+01:002014-07-08T16:29:39.690+01:00Thanks for that - someone else made the same sugge...Thanks for that - someone else made the same suggestion and it sounds very plausible. Is it a conjecture, or do you have concrete evidence? Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481362252017232022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-87083735725893438782014-07-08T10:49:57.165+01:002014-07-08T10:49:57.165+01:00the curve allows extra stitches without excessive ...the curve allows extra stitches without excessive length of needle That is the functionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-64930752111366724572014-06-13T21:30:33.428+01:002014-06-13T21:30:33.428+01:00My first French knitting was done on a wooden cott...My first French knitting was done on a wooden cotton reel with four nails in the top. Odds and ends of wool were used so the "strand" was wonderfully multi-coloured. A hair grip was used to work the wool. This was in the playground in 1965 and I was nine years old. So many years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-22400095602663396322014-06-05T17:50:44.964+01:002014-06-05T17:50:44.964+01:00Not sure about cable needles - wouldn't they h...Not sure about cable needles - wouldn't they have to be double pointed? Someone has suggested that the curve might be useful for holding lots of stitches - not sure about that either. But today we discovered a tiny impressed reg. no. on each needle so might be able to find something out from that. Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481362252017232022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-86481551352530430502014-06-05T07:35:42.762+01:002014-06-05T07:35:42.762+01:00Could the two curved needles be something to do wi...Could the two curved needles be something to do with cable knitting? They look similar to one of the tools here http://www.knitpicks.com/accessories/Cable_Knitting_Needles__DKPCableNeedle.html<br /><br />Otherwise, I have never seen anything like them.Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03398380737025120541noreply@blogger.com