...using husband's laptop and the pub's WiFi connection.
There will be a brief interruption to this blog.
On Friday I tried to post my reply to Nola's quiz question that she posted as a comment on Thursday, and nothing happened. The internet had disappeared into a cyberhole.
Yesterday the men in a van came to check the connection in the hole in the road and had to give up before they started because there was a car parked over the cover. We are expecting them back tomorrow.
Tonight our main computer is being packed up in a box ready for a quick trip to computer hospital for a check up.
So no blogging for a few days, but plenty of time for sewing, drawing patterns and generally tidying up the sewing den. By the end of the week I should be posting off a very important doll quilt to Karen in Canada.
Anyway, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted...
Nola, it's for hanging your mothballs in the wardrobe.
Love,
Muv
Nope. I thought Bakelite would give you a clue to it being from the 1940's. It's a ball holder for wool. Wool used to come in skeins and farva would have to sit with his arms out holding the skein whilst muvva would wind it off into balls. Balls have a tendency to roll away so by putting it in the ball holder with the end feeding out of the small hole at the 'south pole' and a loop of ribbon attached to the top loop it could be worn hanging from the wrist. No more chasing your ball of wool around the floor.
ReplyDeleteHello Nola,
DeleteThanks for the quiz!
I found one on Ebay in South Wales (no, I'm not bidding) and they described it as a wool or string holder, but I wasn't sure. Bakelite would crack if you dropped it on a hard floor, and I always drop my wool. I suppose that is the point of the string at the top. I also saw pictures of bakelite mothball holders online, but different shapes. If it were mine it would definitely end up in the wardrobe. You should see the moths we get some years.
Love,
Muv
I found a singer 66, 1950 vintage, through an online selling service here in St. Louis, MO, USA. She is a beauty, in a cabinet and sews up a storm. However, the bobbins that came with her were not the right ones and after rummaging around in old sewing boxes, found a bobbin that worked. I have ordered more bobbins, plus a bobbin winder tire and a spool felt for her. I made one according to your instructions, but when I was online ordering the bobbins, saw that they had spool felts for $.25 and couldn't pass them up.
ReplyDeleteHello Mary Ellen,
DeleteI've been over to your blog to see the pictures. Wonderful machine - congratulations!
Love,
Muv