Needle Supports (Handknitting)
Description
Four chain needle supports from the collection of Charles Bainbridge of Middleton in Teesdale. The supports were made at the Nenthead mines when Mr. Bainbridge worked there as a miner, and appear never to have been used. Miners fashioned the chain supports during dinner breaks and in the evenings, often using saws and vices available in the mine's joiner's shop. Three of the supports have six links in the chain and two half links. Between the top and bottom sets of three links is a swivel. The support to the left of the image has two links and a half link above the swivel, and is pronged for support on a belt or cowband. The half links are dowelled into the needle support and clue (or clew) holder. Mounted on Photo File card. Originally held in Photo File: Knitting.
Metadata
| Identifier | vg6jq52f |
| IRN | 412298 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/PHO/P1358 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/vg6jq52f |
| 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 mounted photographic print. |