Showing 4 items matching "sock repairer"
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Friends of WestgarthtownDomestic object - Sock darner, 1893
... ...sock repairer...domestic items sewing franz kaaden sock repairer wooden object needle holder personal effects. ...Wooden mushroom shaped object for fixing holes in socks. Handle is natural wood coloured with top is red with stamp on top. Handle screws off from top and contains storage space for needles.Hose Darning Stock, Registered Franz Kaaden, March 8BP 1893.domestic items, sewing, franz kaaden, sock repairer, wooden object, needle holder, personal effects. -
Orbost & District Historical Societydarning mushroom, 1950's
... The darning mushroom would have been an essential tool in an era when women were constantly repairing worn socks.Before the common use of synthetic materials, socks and other items of clothing were in constant need of repair. ...Orbost & District Historical Society Ruskin Street Orbost gippsland The darning mushroom would have been an essential tool in an era when women were constantly repairing worn socks.Before the common use of synthetic materials, socks and other items of clothing were in constant need of repair. ...The darning mushroom would have been an essential tool in an era when women were constantly repairing worn socks.Before the common use of synthetic materials, socks and other items of clothing were in constant need of repair. Darning would have been considered a necessary skill for girls and young women, part of their education as future wives and mothers. The mushroom was used to make repairs to clothing and bed linen.This darning tool was an essential item in 19th and early 20th century household as self-reliant women often had to make and repair all their clothing.A mushroom-shaped piece of smooth wood used to stretch and support material being darned.darning-mushroom needlework handicraft domestic -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)Craft - Sewing equipment, darning mushroom, c1880
... Darning 'mushrooms' were used to repair any woollen garment, such as socks, jumpers and ladies cotton or Lyle stockings. ...City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum) Joyce Park Jasper Road Ormond melbourne Darning 'mushrooms' were used to repair any woollen garment, such as socks, jumpers and ladies cotton or Lyle stockings. ...Darning 'mushrooms' were used to repair any woollen garment, such as socks, jumpers and ladies cotton or Lyle stockings. This darning tool was an essential item in pioneer household as the early settlers had to make and repair all their clothing.A timber 'mushroom' shaped darning tool sewing, dressmaking, craftwork, early settlers, pioneers, moorabbin, brighton -
Kew Historical Society IncFunctional object, Darning Egg, 1950s
... This darning egg is a plastic egg-shaped object, designed to be inserted into the toe or heel of the sock to hold it in the proper shape and provide a foundation for repairs....Kew Historical Society Inc Kew Court House 188 High Street Kew melbourne This darning egg is a plastic egg-shaped object, designed to be inserted into the toe or heel of the sock to hold it in the proper shape and provide a foundation for repairs. household equipment darning eggs Two-tone moulded plastic darning egg. ...This darning egg is a plastic egg-shaped object, designed to be inserted into the toe or heel of the sock to hold it in the proper shape and provide a foundation for repairs.Two-tone moulded plastic darning egg.household equipment, darning eggs
