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Old 09-12-2011, 15:18   #125
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Re: And Pastimes

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Originally Posted by claytonx View Post
Did anyone knock panel pins into the top of empty cotton bobbins and then weave different coloured wool around them so it came out through the hole in the bobbin in a long cord.What you did with it after I don't remember. Maybe someone will.
I can remember doing that at junior school , we also did x-stitch and sewing on felt as well as some crochet.

My favourite was making pom-poms to go on woolly hats though -mum used to get us to make those as she knitted the hats, scarves and gloves!
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