tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post6413432661235332767..comments2023-05-29T13:16:10.208+00:00Comments on Norfolk 'n Good!: The Ties that BindRoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09780409453528524865noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-9732673596276807482009-06-14T09:52:53.118+00:002009-06-14T09:52:53.118+00:00John: It sounds a bit too Scottish.
Betty: It'...John: It sounds a bit too Scottish.<br /><br />Betty: It's like spending £15 to grow £0.75 worth of lettuces. At least jumpers will have come back into fashion by the time you finish.<br /><br />Christopher: Do you mean he was master of the sweep and the cut?Roghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780409453528524865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-91531777701695247022009-06-14T08:33:22.142+00:002009-06-14T08:33:22.142+00:00Knotty was the supreme master of a traditional cra...Knotty was the supreme master of a traditional craft.<br /><br />[Is this obscure enough?]Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-973613671250421132009-06-13T10:05:22.284+00:002009-06-13T10:05:22.284+00:00I thought about knitting a jumper recently after r...I thought about knitting a jumper recently after reading a feature in a paper about the way that traditional crafts are coming back into fashion.<br /><br />Then I remembered that it once took me two years to knit a jumper, and I promptly came to my senses.<br /><br />Er, as you were.Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11296810448779372875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-65551798996625432482009-06-12T15:09:46.440+00:002009-06-12T15:09:46.440+00:00Macrame is the answer!Macrame is the answer!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11346682505354790114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-6058139605682820422009-06-12T14:00:04.234+00:002009-06-12T14:00:04.234+00:00Dave: "bits of string, a torch and a penknife...Dave: "bits of string, a torch and a penknife..." - sounds more like a cat burglar than a survivor!<br /><br />Kaz: "Kaz's Brownies Shame" will probably be the title of my next post.<br /><br />Geoff: It couldn't have been Dave as you live in North Kent....<br /><br />Dave: ...er.... Stop showing off to Kaz with your overt display of technique!<br /><br />Sarah: Dave would make them out of sellotape and a bit of string. You always sound like a pillar of the WI to me.<br /><br />Ziggi: Have you been drinking already?<br /><br />Dave: I'm a frayed knot.Roghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780409453528524865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-4197942239874531242009-06-12T13:46:53.196+00:002009-06-12T13:46:53.196+00:00Bowline: the rabbit goes up the hole, round the tr...Bowline: the rabbit goes up the hole, round the tree, then back down the hole.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-41110235489222998722009-06-12T13:24:52.117+00:002009-06-12T13:24:52.117+00:00it's about rabbits isn't it? They have to ...it's about rabbits isn't it? They have to go round the tree and then down the hole, or is up the hole and then round the tree?<br /><br />Anyway I've just tied a fiador knot and bl**dy tricky it was too.Zighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325808421083028026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-28295981904409300432009-06-12T13:16:19.387+00:002009-06-12T13:16:19.387+00:00Dave I hope you include condoms in your survival p...Dave I hope you include condoms in your survival pack.....for carrying water obviously.<br /><br />Rog you should join the WI they teach all those nesissary (spelling?) skills....not that I would know, just heard...Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16592616458943756399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-89885171717393306262009-06-12T12:33:53.391+00:002009-06-12T12:33:53.391+00:00Oh yes, I should have said, I used to be a scout l...Oh yes, I should have said, I used to be a scout leader. Any time you want a bowline tying, I'm your man.<br /><br />Kaz, left over right, right over left.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-58674384414870965392009-06-12T12:23:15.158+00:002009-06-12T12:23:15.158+00:00My experience of the Scouts was British Bulldog wi...My experience of the Scouts was British Bulldog with a pervy old bloke. No knotting with us, though I think he went the same way as David Carradine.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340519450159428760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-19468361514820979122009-06-12T12:03:13.137+00:002009-06-12T12:03:13.137+00:00I'm hyperventilating now as you brought back m...I'm hyperventilating now as you brought back memories of my experience in the Brownies.<br />I left in shame and disgrace after failing to tie a reef knot after many attempts.<br />Don't tell Dave.KAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621294189351906599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7631744517472022294.post-42952305624664593582009-06-12T11:39:24.133+00:002009-06-12T11:39:24.133+00:00I wondered where this shaggy dog story was going t...I wondered where this shaggy dog story was going to end up.<br /><br />Actually, I'd have a good go at grinding corn when the world comes to and end. I'm the sort of bloke who has a box of waterproof matches, bits of string, a torch and a penknife on him at all times. I'll be a survivor, you wait and see.<br /><br />I'll have a lrge brick wall round my self-sufficient plot, mind you.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.com