Antique Lacemaking Spools with Cards and Bobbins handmade cloth doll And then inside

And then inside

and elsewhere some scattered stains and smudges

Really a terrific gift

and found it at a flea market

with three different concave areas that feel as if custom shaped in order to accommodate the tight squeeze of a hand (mine quite exactly

Antique Lacemaking Spools with Cards and Bobbins handmade cloth doll And then insideI'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