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| wipka84 |
Whats this?I bought this about fifteen years ago from a jumble sale when i was about 12 just because i liked the look of it. No idea why i would but it looked interesting.A fair bit older now and I assume its some type of bobbin for a spinning wheel? Why does it have a slot taken out of the middle part if it is? Thanks for any responses. 
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| cab |
Its a weaving thingy isn't it? Can't for the life of me remember what its called. |
| sally_in_wales |
yep, its a bobbin for a weaving shuttle, however, I have a sneaking feeling that the cut out is because its been modified at some point to take a small egg-timer or similar, which has since fallen out. Inteh last 20years maybe, there seem to have been all sorts of strange things made out of old bobbins as mills shut, I once had a pencil stand made of several similar ones cut in half and joined together, and I've seen all sorts of mildly useful bits of household paraphenalia like egg-timers, thermometers and so on installed in the sides of bobbins.
eta, like this! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Egg-Timer-made-from-Old-Mill-Bobbin-RSPCA-Sale_W0QQitemZ280409565777QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Crafts_Sewing_Supplies_MJ?hash=item4149b66a51 |
| wipka84 |
Ah right, that explains it perfectly.
Thanks for that. It was the cut out that was confusing me! My curiosity is now cured. |
| gz |
i think the bobbinholder would have fitted in the swift and the thread unwound through the side hole- difficult to explain in words.
excuse lack of capitals- cat on lap with her chin on my other arm!! 
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