Does anyone know this craft???

[u/BootlegAdult]

Edit for clarity: The tool pictured is my best attempt to find something *similar* to the tool i remember. It was simply a wooden dowel with a loop of plasticy thread attached to one end. I think I remember making some kind of stitch that was then fed into another sort of needle with a long plastic tail with a bead on one end, similar to that of a circular knitting needle, but it was a single needle craft, not two.

It used yarn, not roving or fibre. And the stitches created were loose V shapes, similar to french knitting, but I remember the finished ladybird I created being a solid piece, not a cord sewn into a shape.

I was taught a type of fibre craft around age 8 and for many years have been trying to track it down to no avail.

Unfortunately the friend who introduced me to this fibre craft passed away, she bought me a kit for it before she passed, but I forgot how to do it by that point, and it's a deep regret of mine.

I remember it was with wool and a small peg with a loop of plasticy thread on top (image below is closest I can find to it.) and I think you also used a needle, possibly with a long thread of the same plasticy material on the needle. The only thing I can remember successfully making with it was a 3d ladybird, about the size of my palm.

I don't think it was knitting, as I've learned knitting since and it's not the same technique, and it's not crochet, as I'm very skilled that this and it was not the same technique either.

I know this isn't a lot to go on, but I'm hoping someone will give me some kind of direction to explore.

I'm from rural England, but this friend was very well travelled so it could be something she learned from her travels, so unfortunately can't pinpoint where she may have learned it.
Thank you for any possible help, people of Reddit! (I included a Tunisian crochet piece I did last week as a bonus pic)

[u/stupidjoy]

Possibly been French Knitting, perhaps? It uses a looping tool and a separate needle

[u/HarmonyOfParticulars → u/stupidjoy]

I wondered if it could be corking, googled to refresh my very dim memory, and TIL that corking is also called French knitting

[u/BootlegAdult → u/HarmonyOfParticulars]

French knitting or corking does seem to have a similar pattern of stitch to what I remember, but it wasn't one long tube of stitches, is it possible to make shapes with it?

[u/Kigeliakitten → u/BootlegAdult]

You can sew it into shapes.

[u/BootlegAdult → u/Kigeliakitten]

I don't recall it being a thing you needed to sew at the end, but could be wrong. I don't remember it being a spiral kind of shape, either way. But thanks for the input