OT: sock silly-ness!

My guess it that it happens when someone is eating one of those enormous sandwiches that restaurants and delicatessens make, where the toothpicks holding it together are buried and hard to see.

=Tamar

I've done my family tree and they came from Hampshire, but my gramps used to say ''lass'' and call me missy, so I was intrigued when I found out he came from Hampshire, as they don't speak like this, maybe it was a copy tag, from his army days...Cheers..Cher

Well I can oblige you there then...I cross two together and wind yarn around them to make Godseyes... Cheers...Cher who has them hanging with bead tassels up in my workroom window...very pretty..

12th scale for dolls of the dollshouse world Katherine, saw a hedgehog made out of pine cones with some knitting on her lap with two cocktail sticks for needles, wonder why they are called Cock Tail Sticks, wonder how that originated, the mind boggles....anyone know, why do they call drinks cocktails, come to think of it? cheers.....Cher

OMG that sounds frightening...cheers....Cher (mental note to check out all sandwiches etc)

A few years ago at a craft fair I bought a lovely twiggy thingy tied with wool in a pretty pattern. As soon as I got it home the flippin' thing fell to bits and of course I couldn't put it together again:(

In message , spinninglilac writes

There are lots of theories for the origin of the word, and little proof for any of them. Some of the theories are here:

the Internet Cocktail Recipe Database is here:

Oh, right! I used to make them!

Kather> Well I can oblige you there then...I cross two together and wind yarn

I've no idea, Cher, but it is interesting to consider.

Kather> 12th scale for dolls of the dollshouse world Katherine, saw a

THanks for some interesting reading.

Kather> In message ,

How about cabbage rolls???

Katherine

Now that's ANOTHER coincidence! - I recently bought 5/8 inch dowelling and was going to make at least one god's eye with it! I originally bought the dowelling to hang a crocheted piece I'm working on.

David

Hi Cher,

here's what my dictionry says about the etymology of cocktail:

[1800-10, Amer.; orig. obscure]

David

Bun sticks for wee needle-felted crones...

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Hmmm. now there's an idea for what I have received from my threads exchange partners.