Laurence – tried knitting once

I remember that my action man had salmon pink vest and knitted pants and my brother James’ was blue and were crocheted.  You couldn’t get their trousers on over the top as they were so thick.  We had crochet hammocks as well. 

Teresa – tested yarn for a living

I got married and so I became Mrs Sample, the sample knitter.  I sat knitting all day with yarn that came from abroad, that the Directors got from yarn fairs.  They would bring new yarns like boucle cotton, or yarns with a coloured thread wrapped through them, or pure angora, all sorts of things were placed on my desk.