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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
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Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
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 Posted - May 04 2025 : 12:59:09 PM
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Went to our first flea market yesterday and got quite a few treasures and these are one of the treasures I picked up for a dollar. Now the woman I bought them from and myself both thought them to be very large knitting needles. Then when I got home and looked them up this is what I found. What do you think?
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The items in the image are likely a pair of tatting shuttles or netting needles. These tools are used for creating knotted lace or nets. They appear to be made of wood, with a smooth, polished finish. The larger, bulbous ends serve as handles, while the long, slender bodies hold the thread or twine used in the crafting process. These tools are often used in traditional crafts like tatting, netting, or macrame.
Now I have tatted but used very small needles.
Whatever they are I love them, perfect for a dollar! |
Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
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“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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Edited by - Blessed in Colorado on May 04 2025 1:05:03 PM |
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Bellepic
True Blue Farmgirl
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Christine
Santa Ana
CA
USA
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Posted - May 04 2025 : 2:11:47 PM
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Wingardium leviosa!
I was unfamiliar with tatting so I watched a video using an itsy bitsy bobbin shuttle to make intricate doilies and I am now picturing Mama Hen tatting a hammock for Hagrid! |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
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Denise
Ohio
USA
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Posted - May 04 2025 : 2:17:19 PM
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| I am familiar with tatting but have never seem anything like these. They don't resemble a tatting shuttle but I don't know if tatting needles, as I m only familiar with shuttles, would ever be this large. They do make large shuttles so they could very well be tatting needles. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
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Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
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Posted - May 04 2025 : 2:20:58 PM
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| Also it says for making nets. They are long and wide and pointed at the end. |
Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018, September 2022 and August 2025.
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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Wanda Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Wanda
Murrells Inlet
SC
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Posted - May 04 2025 : 3:10:17 PM
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Christine you are funny, they do resemble wands, lol.
I imagine they are for making fishing nets or hammocks
Debbie since they are so large. |
A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.
Wanda Sue
Farm Girl #3677
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
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Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
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Posted - May 04 2025 : 5:08:23 PM
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| But, I do love the wand idea. Anyway they will go nicely in my vintage sewing collection. |
Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018, September 2022 and August 2025.
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
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Posted - May 05 2025 : 07:29:02 AM
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LOL! I think a hammock for Hagrid would be wonderful! I'm not sure he'd get much time to rest with all the shenanigans the little witches and wizards get into though :)
My first thought is that they would be great for turning things like apron ties. I've not learned anything about tatting or macrame yet so I wouldn't know about those. |
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Jokamartell
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karen
Kennewick
WA
USA
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Posted - May 05 2025 : 11:42:24 AM
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| They are very cool! I have no idea what they are though!! |
Karen :)
To quote one of my past preschoolers “Not one of those Karens, but a good Karen”! Haha |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
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Denise
Ohio
USA
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Posted - May 06 2025 : 06:19:12 AM
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| Debbie is v there a place on the like a hole that holds the thread? They look alot like the tools used to make lace. Maybe the large size is the used the same only for netting because of the larger size. You've had me curious about exactly how they used them but I can't find any videos for them. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
5165 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
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Posted - May 06 2025 : 09:04:30 AM
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| No holes Denise. But I did find the blurb above about them. I believe they are for making nets. Although the woman who taught me to knit years ago had knitting needles made out of baseball bats her hubby made for her. I forgot now what she made. But she always made told me that a person could knit with almost anything. |
Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018, September 2022 and August 2025.
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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suny58
True Blue Farmgirl
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Dianna
Jack
Al.
USA
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Posted - May 06 2025 : 6:14:32 PM
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Lmbo, Chris!
What a cool find Debbie! |
Farmgirl #7103
FGOTM January 2018
Dianna
"Blessed are they that see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing." Pissarro |
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