Sewing equipment
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Stone, fabric, plastic, wood, bone or ivory and metal
Measurements
45 - 300 mm (min - max length); 3 - 60 mm (min - max width)
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Sudbury Hall (Children's Country House), Derbyshire
NT 662685
Summary
A plastic bag containing eleven plastic and one wooden knitting needles without knobs, twelve plastic knitting needles with knobs, twelve plastic and two wooden crochet hooks, one white plastic or bone or ivory shuttle with thread, two flat wooden strips, one flat bone or ivory strip with thread, one flat square piece of wood with thread, one flower-shaped plastic, bone or ivory bobbin with thread, one metal needle gauge, and one polished black stone. Total number of items is 50.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs Joan Crowhurst in December 1974.