Yarn guage
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Pine
Measurements
25 x 215 x 12 mm
Order this imageCollection
Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 549076
Summary
Yarn guage - Rectangular piece of pine with mortice along base edge. Front surface printed with 'TURKEY RUG WOOL PATONS and BALDWINS EXCLUSIVE MAKE To prepare the wool for working, wrap it with an even tension round the gauge and divide along the groove with a knife or scissors'.
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in the will of Miss Ward in 1994
Marks and inscriptions
TURKEY RUG WOOL PATONS and BALDWINS EXCLUSIVE MAKE To prepare the wool for working, wrap it with an even tension round the gauge and divide along the groove with a knife or scissors (printed on front surface)