I thought this would be easyI guess because I spent so much of my life with one around that I did not consider that other people would not have! No its nothing to do with shoes and although my mum was into home wine making its nothing to do with that. Some more clues then. It is more likely to be used by a woman than a man and a few hundred years ago every home would have had one. The activity that it is involved with has become more popular again in the last thirty years.
Success is not final, Failure is not fatal.
Something to do with bread making?
Is it a culinary thing?
Anything to do with tightening a corset?
You've made my eyes water at the thought!!Originally Posted by Flo
Success is not final, Failure is not fatal.
do u wind thread around it?
Is it to untangle fishing line?
They look at me and think I'm cool, I'm purplefan at night I rule.
It could be used for either of those... but no.
Success is not final, Failure is not fatal.
Is it a wool winder.
I remember as a child holding both hands out and mum putting a hank or skein of wool across them then unwinding the wool from the skein/hank and winding it in to a ball.
Could this be used to hold a hank or skein of wool for such a process.
Well that was involved, hope you get my drift.
Edit: reason typos-.gif ")")
77 and counting, less of the "Old" call me "Mike"
Well the boys have got close enough. Its a niddy noddy. Its used to wind wool off a spinning wheel after it has been plyed and to stretch it so it holds its twist. It is then tied and washed. My mum used to spin a lot so this got used quite a bit in my house.
Success is not final, Failure is not fatal.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote