Cording/corking/French knitting

[xstitcher]

Hi out there,

Does anybody remember this past time that I did in the 50's in Canada? We got an old cotton spool and banged 4 small nails into the top part where the hole was. We then, by threading wool around and over the nails with another nail or a thin crochet hook would produce a long knitted "thing" that would come through the hole.
We never knew what to make the" thing" into.
Does anybody else remember this and can add to the memory?

[funnygirl]

Yes, I remember this, but for the life of me cannot figure out how it worked.

We used to knit long 'strips'.

Also I remember scooby doos!

[jackthehat]

My more competent friends used to coil the 'sausage' around, stitch it to itself and fashion woolly hats............

[brenda]

We used to coil the strips and sew together to make table mats.

[xstitcher]

Hi Funnygirl,

What are scooby doos?

[xstitcher]

http://www.how-to-kni...nch-knitting.html#INV I just found this website that illustrates how to do it and I got a corder/corker etc from eBay. I think it would be very difficult to find a wooden spool today.

[seekeerz]

About 40+ years ago I remember making woollen cords for a baby's knitted pants using this method - funnily enough I tried to do it again just recently - do you think I could get it to come out right !! I tried 4 and then 5 pins in the reel, but for the life of me I couldn't figure out the sequence. Senility settling in, I think.