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| Bodrighy |
Habedo Embroidery tools: Information neededI have recently found out about these tools from out local post mistress who was asking what all the parcels were and am thinking of adding them to my inventory. Does anyone use them and if so could they tell me the dimensions. I have seen a few pictures but they seem to be a fairly scarce commodity and don't have sizes etc.Courronne sticks, Half cone sticks Stilettos Any information gladly recieved Are there any other tools used in needlecrafts that it would be worth me looking at? I already do crochet needles and drop spindles but am alwys looking out for things that are worth making Thanks Pete |
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| mochyn |
I could do with a little hook for getting yarn through the hole in the spinning wheel. It needs to be a wooden handle with a small metal (probably wire) hook embedded in it.
Sort of thing. and lilac wood knitting needles. |
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| Bodrighy |
Why lilac wood? Not something I have seen much of.
Would a larger sized crochet hook be suitable for the spinning wheel? Pete |
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| sally_in_wales |
needs to be a bit bendy hence the wire and a handle |
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| toggle |
it's called an orifice hook. |
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| Bodrighy |
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it's called an orifice hook.[/quote] 
Pete |
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| toggle |
you had better believe i wouldn't write that on the customs form when i sent one to the US | ||||||
| Bodrighy |
Is this the sort of thing that you are talking about? This is just a prototype mind though it isn't quite as rough as it looks in the picture
Pete |
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| toggle |
that looks fairly reasonable, may need some tweeking depending on the size of mochyn's orifice | ||||||
| Bodrighy |
You ask her...I don't think I have the nerve. 
Anyway we've got sidetracked here, I'm still trying to find out about these embroidery tools. Pete |
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| Frewen Feltmaker |
Phone your local guild of embroiderers? Sorry not to be more helpful. I can't think of anything - oh actually I can - I have a nice needle case made of Holly 
Lace bobbins? Thread stands for those machine embroiderers who buy their thread on the cone? (although I use a bent coathanger and a dismantled child's stool
I received my bowls today - thank you very much 
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| goldy1 |
have a look here. http://www.guildofneedlelaces.org/Sales.html | ||||||
| mochyn |
 You could perhaps have a look at Toggles orifice next time you see her...
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| toggle |
he saw it earlier in my car | ||||||
| Bodrighy |
Hope your mum doesn't read this or she might get the hole wrong idea. Thanks for those limbs by the way Pete |
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| toggle |
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| Bodrighy |
Thanks for a sensible answer Goldie
Seriously, I have seen this site and still am not sure about the dimensions of the tools. I can guess at the stiletto, the crochet hook I already doubt the size of the various sections of the couronne and the size of the stump cones is still a mystery. Thanks anyway Ironically when I google for these things this forum message is 2nd in the list. 
Pete |
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| sally_in_wales |
stilettos come in all sorts of sizes, think about the size holes in most broiderie anglais lace and you get an idea, but they are also used for making holed for handworked eyelets in costume, and these may need to be slightly bigger, the bone ones I sell are as long as a finger and go from a fine point to anywhere between a 5-10mm fat bit if that makes any sense.
I briefly had some pin bottles in wood for the stall a while ago, they were lovely, little free standing jars with tight caps that would hold sewing pins but small enough to go in a sewing kit, they sold well, I'll see if I still have one and will take a pic for you |
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| sally_in_wales |
another idea for you, and apologies because this picture is of a madly complicated one- but what about spool holder stands?
http://www.antiquesantiques.co.uk/antiques/details?p_mod_id=826 Effectively, what I'm thinking is just the turned bit of this, probably slightly simplified as well, (ignore the square base), supplied with little turned cotton reels for each pin, and if you want to really be swish, make the base a round box so there is storage for odds and ends underneath. Its an item the Victorian re-enactors and current heirloom needleworkers would love, and I can think of several target groups to market them to. |
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| sally_in_wales |
this type of thing can also be popular- neednt undo at both ends, one end having a tight push fitting is fine, and make the spool also be a needle case by drilling out the centre and stoppering the end
http://www.rubylane.com/shops/tomjudy/item/4601 |
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| sally_in_wales |
me again! You could also go to http://www.lacis.com/catalog/search.php and have a look at their tools, a lot are in wood already, adn there are others that would lend themselves to wood production | ||||||
| Bodrighy |
Thanks for these Sally...should kep me going for a bit. Something to research. So many different tools, I hadn't realised just how many
Pete |
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| sally_in_wales |
might be worth you getting in touch with the Royal College of Embroideres at Hampton Court and asking what treen textile items they have in their collections, just for a bit of inspiration
Items based closely on historic styles will always find a market, I'm always happy to take some to the re-enactment fairs to try them out for you, and I may also be having a stall at a prestigious needlework conference next december all being well, so again, could take some for you then. We do make them too, but Gareth rarelly has time to work on more than the small boxwood pots, so there is likely to be room for different styles
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| toggle |
just checked, there's a meeting of lace and needlework people in carnon downs village hall on monday mornings. | ||||||
| goldy1 |
not an enbroidery tool but a good seller i hear. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/05/newspaper_jiffy.php | ||||||
| Bodrighy |
I like this, nice and simple to make and so sheap to sell on. Thanks Watch this space
Pete |
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| Frewen Feltmaker |
Take the centre of that spool holder stand Sally posted to and you've got a nice hat stand
Here's my needle case 
Oh and I tell you what else I'd be quite interested in and that's some old fashioned wooden cotton reels
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| Bodrighy |
Standars size like the modern plastic ones you mean or large spools? Pete |
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| Frewen Feltmaker |
Standard size - I use a handcrank and the modern reels are lighter and the thread is wound on differently; which makes the thread come off a bit awkwardly sometimes.
If I can just find a way of winding from a large cone onto a wooden cotton reel I would be quite a happy girl - but first I need a couple of wooden cotton reels
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| sally_in_wales |
here's that pinbottle, with another needlecase and a thimble, if I recall, these came boxed together at £8 the set
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| Bodrighy |
I did ask didn't I. I am going to have to get of this machine and get cracking at some of these things. The only one I have foubnd that is awkward is the one with a thread (as inscrew not cotton) on it as I don't have the tools for that (at the moment). That last one from you Sally looks as though it just has a stopper on it.
Pete |
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| Frewen Feltmaker |
My needlecase is just stoppered
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| sally_in_wales |
yep, all stoppers on mine
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| Helen M |
i have several needle cases and they are all stopperd
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| goldy1 |
Again not embrodery but easy to do.kniting nancy and mushrooms. http://www.knitwell.co.uk/acatalog/FRENCH_KNITTING_DOLLY.html | ||||||
| Bodrighy |
Cotton reel & 4 panel pins....used to make yards and yards of rope with them and then not know with to do with it. Mind you I was only about 7. Are the mushrooms drning mushroome? Do people still use them? Good grief I thought they died out with my grandmother
pete |
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| toggle |
i've heard them talked about for repairing knitwear done on small gauge. | ||||||
| Bodrighy |
Help I'm a simple woodturner...I understand wood...why am I getting so involved in all these other crafts. Orifice hooks, mushrooms, cotton reels, bobbin spindle thingamyjigs, couronne sticks, stillettoes, ...it's a different world. And to top it all I can't find a smilie to suit as all of a sudden there seem to be another 100 added       :mumum
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| toggle |
dirty jokes aside, I'll help as much as i can. if you would like me to check somehting out, you're only a few mins detour off my route into college. | ||||||
| sally_in_wales |
darning mushrooms still sell well, I took several to Wonderwool that Gareth turned and they all went very quickly. | ||||||
| Frewen Feltmaker |
I think you ought to make darning mushroom with a needle case built into the stem
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| Bodrighy |
Big ones that can double as a hat stand?
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| goldy1 |
I actualy meant a knitting nancy in the shape of a mushroom. lol
You asked for small pocket money items to sell. Sorry you are getting lured into these crafts. 
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| alice |
I should think darning mushrooms will become very sought after again. I've just started knitting socks. Each pair takes me about 14 years, the fancy yarn costs a fortune, I'll definitely be darning them if they get holey - always assuming I can steel myself to wear them rather than just gazing admiringly at them and showing them off to complete strangers 
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| toggle |
they wear better than you would think. i've put mine through an immense amount of abuse, stuck in my hiking boots, and they do absolutely fine. | ||||||
| Bodrighy |
My gran used to knit socks with one of those circular needles. They lasted forever. Those were the days when all boys wore shorts all year round. When men were men I remember having permanent red rings from the garters we had to use to keep the thngs up. 
Pete |
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| Frewen Feltmaker |
You know - if you could do a couple of those - about 30cm high - that would be fab
I'll be needing them in about a month's time
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| Bodrighy |
You seriously want a couple of hatstands that double as giant darning mushrooms and have a hollow stem for needles?
What the lady wants...the lady gets. What diameter top bit? Pete |
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| Frewen Feltmaker |
The idea tickled me - I could imagine hat pins being kept in the middle
Anyway - more seriously I have borrowed hat blocks for next month but I will be needing either a couple of blocks or stands next year - I just can't decide which would be the best way to go right now 
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| judith |
Another non-embroidery related thing that I would love to have is a newspaper stick like you find in gentlemen's clubs and posh cafés.
Would this be possible, do you think? |
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| Bodrighy |
Turning it wouldn't be a problem but getting the 6 cuts is something that would be fiddly to get right and much as I hate to turn down ideas the price quoted, even wioth postage would probably work out cheaper than a handmade one. Thanks for the idea though. I'll think on that as there may be some way of doing it. Pete |
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| judith |
Ah. That's a shame.
Would just 2 cuts be simpler? Or is it the cutting per se that is the problem? |
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| Bodrighy |
If you think about it 2 cuts at right angles would be simple just straight across but to have 6 slots you would need 3 cuts right through each meeting in the middle but not going right through. 4 would definitely be easier.
Pete |