SubscribeMystery Finds
I occasionally come across items at auctions that stump me. What is it? What was it used for? I will be posting photos of them, and if you can identify them, please comment below. If you’ve come across items you can’t identify, please submit them to me.
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Mystery Lot 2: Here are two other items that I picked up in a lot of knitting items. They look like vintage knitting tools.
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Mystery Lot 1: These three items came in a box lot of needlepoint and cross stitch goodies. I was able to identify everything else in the lot except them. Help me out, please, knitters, sewers, needlepointers, crocheters. What are they? And are they all related to sewing?
I started going to auctions to fuel my love for African American art – but at a bargain. I love the old masters: Lois Mailou Jones, Jacob Lawrence, Hughie Lee-Smith. I wanted to find their works and discover other veteran artists whose works may have been hiding in an attic or basement, and forgotten.
The first photo is of a pom pom maker; traditionally, the shape is circular. The 2nd is used for spool knitting; you may have made one as a child, using a wooden thread spool & small nails. The 3rd may be the pick used w/ the knitting spool – to make it easier to lift the stitch over the prong (back in the day, we used crochet hooks or a nail).
The object on the far right is a lace bobbin.
Thank you.