Antique Lacemaking Spools with Cards and Bobbins handmade cloth doll and found it at a

and found it at a flea market

though we're also reminded of the very immediate activist ambitions of that work

clearly quite pleased with herself in her big red bow

And then inside

and elsewhere some scattered stains and smudges

Antique Lacemaking Spools with Cards and Bobbins handmade cloth doll and found it at aI've been looking at a fair bit of bobbin lace, so was excited to find this lot at Brimfield, which includes two large lacemaking spools, six punched lace patterns (plus two on the spools) and a whole bunch of wooden bobbins. From what I have learned, the spools would be used in conjunction with a lacemaking "pillow" (essentially a pillow with a simple armature for holding the ends of the spool) which could be placed on the table or on the lap, and