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Old July 10th 06, 01:49 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
Stella Fenley
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decorate the plastic ones with small pom poms and wiggly eye ,use for paper
clips.
Stella
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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote:
I never heard them called Pins ,

They were also called clothespegs in the North of
England where I grew up. They also were not the kind with two
separate pieces and a spring to hold them together, rather a single
piece of carved wood with a knob on top and two "legs". It was easy
to draw a tiny face on the knob, wrap a scrap of cloth around them,
and have a clothespeg dolly.

Yes we did)))))

That is not the kind we use. Ours have two pieces of wood and a
spring. The other ones we buy in craft stores, just for that purpose.


Yes we have the spring clip ones now but mostly made with plastic. I
haven't seen the others in the shops for years.


I hate the plastic ones. They break too easily.

Higs,
Katherine



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Old July 10th 06, 01:50 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
Katherine
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Now, there's a use for them!

Higs,
Katherine

Stella Fenley wrote:
decorate the plastic ones with small pom poms and wiggly eye ,use for
paper clips.
Stella
"Katherine" wrote in message
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Ophelia wrote:
"Katherine" wrote in message
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Ophelia wrote:
"Olwyn Mary" wrote in message
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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote:
I never heard them called Pins ,

They were also called clothespegs in the North of
England where I grew up. They also were not the kind with two
separate pieces and a spring to hold them together, rather a
single piece of carved wood with a knob on top and two "legs".
It was easy to draw a tiny face on the knob, wrap a scrap of
cloth around them, and have a clothespeg dolly.

Yes we did)))))

That is not the kind we use. Ours have two pieces of wood and a
spring. The other ones we buy in craft stores, just for that
purpose.

Yes we have the spring clip ones now but mostly made with plastic. I
haven't seen the others in the shops for years.


I hate the plastic ones. They break too easily.

Higs,
Katherine



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Old July 10th 06, 03:43 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
B Vaughan
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On Sun, 9 Jul 2006 18:06:48 -0300, "Katherine"
wrote:

Ophelia wrote:
"Olwyn Mary" wrote in message
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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote:
I never heard them called Pins ,

They were also called clothespegs in the North of
England where I grew up. They also were not the kind with two
separate pieces and a spring to hold them together, rather a single
piece of carved wood with a knob on top and two "legs". It was easy
to draw a tiny face on the knob, wrap a scrap of cloth around them,
and have a clothespeg dolly.


Yes we did)))))


That is not the kind we use. Ours have two pieces of wood and a spring. The
other ones we buy in craft stores, just for that purpose.


When I was a child, the kind with a knob and two legs was the only
kind there was in the US.
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Old July 10th 06, 04:39 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
JCT
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The kind with the spring we called snippersnappers but used the general
term "clothespin" for both kinds. Mother preferred snippersnappers, so
we tended to have those at home. We were pretty familiar with them as
hanging up the clothes and taking down the clothes was a chore that
often went to my sister and I. Judy
Olwyn Mary wrote:
They also were not the kind with two separate
pieces and a spring to hold them together, rather a single piece of
carved wood with a knob on top and two "legs". It was easy to draw a
tiny face on the knob, wrap a scrap of cloth around them, and have a
clothespeg dolly.


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Old July 10th 06, 05:01 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
Katherine
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B Vaughan wrote:
On Sun, 9 Jul 2006 18:06:48 -0300, "Katherine"
wrote:

Ophelia wrote:
"Olwyn Mary" wrote in message
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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote:
I never heard them called Pins ,

They were also called clothespegs in the North of
England where I grew up. They also were not the kind with two
separate pieces and a spring to hold them together, rather a single
piece of carved wood with a knob on top and two "legs". It was easy
to draw a tiny face on the knob, wrap a scrap of cloth around them,
and have a clothespeg dolly.

Yes we did)))))


That is not the kind we use. Ours have two pieces of wood and a
spring. The other ones we buy in craft stores, just for that purpose.


When I was a child, the kind with a knob and two legs was the only
kind there was in the US.


All I can remember from my childhood would be the spring ones. I remember
reading about people doing crafts with clothespins, and wondering how on
earth they could make faces on the top. g

Higs,
Katherine


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Old July 10th 06, 09:56 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
Mirjam Bruck-Cohen
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Ohhhh I remember those from the time we lived in Manchester ... nice
little pegs and rather fun to play with ,,,, [my kids not me]


They were also called clothespegs in the North of
England where I grew up. They also were not the kind with two separate
pieces and a spring to hold them together, rather a single piece of
carved wood with a knob on top and two "legs". It was easy to draw a
tiny face on the knob, wrap a scrap of cloth around them, and have a
clothespeg dolly.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

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Old July 10th 06, 09:56 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
Mirjam Bruck-Cohen
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We have them from 2 `legs ` of plastic + the middle spring ,
mirjam
That is not the kind we use. Ours have two pieces of wood and a spring. The
other ones we buy in craft stores, just for that purpose.

Higs,
Katherine



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Old July 11th 06, 12:27 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
Els van Dam
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In article , "Ophelia"
wrote:

"Katherine" wrote in message
...
Ophelia wrote:
"Olwyn Mary" wrote in message
.. .
Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote:
I never heard them called Pins ,

They were also called clothespegs in the North of
England where I grew up. They also were not the kind with two
separate pieces and a spring to hold them together, rather a single
piece of carved wood with a knob on top and two "legs". It was easy
to draw a tiny face on the knob, wrap a scrap of cloth around them,
and have a clothespeg dolly.

Yes we did)))))


That is not the kind we use. Ours have two pieces of wood and a spring.
The other ones we buy in craft stores, just for that purpose.


Yes we have the spring clip ones now but mostly made with plastic. I
haven't seen the others in the shops for years.


they are still sold here, let me know if you want some....LOL

Els

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Old July 11th 06, 12:35 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
Els van Dam
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I

I hate the plastic ones. They break too easily.

Higs,
Katherine


I still used the wooden ones.
When we sailed to the Bay of Quinte (lake Ontario) years ago, for our
summer holidays, We had stopped for an ice cream while waiting for a
bridge to open while going through the Murray canal. It was one of those
quainte rural stores that carry everything from an axe to indeed
clothespegs They had the most wonderful clothespegs, I bought three
packs. I am still using these today. I have never seen them again. They
have a special kind of spring, so that the legs never come apart (ok I
know I am going to get some comment about this, or a giggle)

Els

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Old July 11th 06, 05:33 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
Mirjam Bruck-Cohen
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Of Course they don`t make them anymore ,,, if they did the
manufactureres won`t have any work ,,,, ::::
mirjam

I am still using these today. I have never seen them again. They
have a special kind of spring, so that the legs never come apart (ok I
know I am going to get some comment about this, or a giggle)

Els

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