Needle Supports (Handknitting)
Description
Six carved wooden bump knitting needle supports, including supports from Teesdale (Durham) and Ribblesdale (Yorkshire Dales), in the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. The supports include an oak bladed support with decoration of concentric aves of circles carved by gouging; a plain bladed support; a mahogany bladed support with ribbed haft, initialled I.H. in brass tacks; an ash support; a sycamore bladed support with very large needle orifice; and an oak bladed support with very large needle orifice. Display labelled 16. Unmounted.
Metadata
| Identifier | bhq1glj9 |
| IRN | 412313 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/PHO/P1373 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/bhq1glj9 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Lace Making: Photocards |
| Creator(s) | Langhorne, Richard |
| Date | 18 June 1964 |
| Size and Medium | 1 photographic print. |