Beautiful Antique Pennsylvania Amish Sewing Ball (with a bit of darned repair, too) brown tree Each one is a bit

Each one is a bit different

very very dear

for having saved our subject while she was in the hands of the doctor

1880s-90s) with portraits of several individuals who were

but would think 19th century

Beautiful Antique Pennsylvania Amish Sewing Ball (with a bit of darned repair, too) brown tree Each one is a bitI've been eying old Pennsylvania "Amish" folk art yarn balls like this for quite some time, but this is the first one I've purchased, a nice old one, found in Lancaster county, which is likely where it was made. Functional as pin cushions, there were many variations of these made, but I think it is the ones with "gods eye" type thread work that are the most special, and this one is unusual for the combination of that with exposed knitwork underneath