Historical information

Spool knitting is a technique that uses nails attached to a spool, which the thread is wrapped around to create a stitch. This technique of kitting dates back to the sixteenth century. The fact that the nails on the spool are in a slightly irregular shape suggests that this spool has been handmade.

Significance

This item is historically significant as it is provides an insight into a technique of knitting that has been around for over 400 years. These insights facilitate a better understanding of domestic life in the Emerald region.

Physical description

Wooden knitting spool with four nails protruding from one end. Bright pink wool and a knitting needle are thread around the four nails. The wool has been fed through the spool, one end knitted into a coil, the other unknitted and tied in a loose knot.

Inscriptions & markings

SEMCO /
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HA /
NO. 50 /
BOILPROOF /

SEM /
MAC /
BOILPROOF /