Needle Supports (Handknitting)
Description
Five early needle supports from the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. The supports include a bundle of sticks, or bundley sticks (probably elm), secured by wire or string; a bundle of sticks enclosed in a linen poke; a bundle of quills secured by wire or string; a bundle of straw enclosed in a linen poke; and a bundle of barley straw bound with wire or string. Three of the supports have curved needles inserted into the top. Also includes a roll of cloth (possibly to keep sticks and straw used as needle supports bound together) used in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Display labelled 19. Unmounted.
Metadata
| Identifier | s7sp5qfd |
| IRN | 412304 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/PHO/P1364 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/s7sp5qfd |
| 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. |