It’s called a ‘darning egg’ and you stick it inside a sock, or whatever else you’re darning (like the elbow of a sweater), so you have a hard surface to work against.
I remember your mini-quilts! They are adorable! Make sure to post some pictures.
LOVED the ice skate ornaments! I was ‘Thrifting’ today and they had Christmas stuff out, of course (only bought ONE Christmas CD - a joke for my Sister who is obsessed with accordion music, LOL!) and they had a whole TABLE full of ice skates. (Not hockey skates, but your basic, white girly skates.)
Do kids STILL ice skate? We always did. Dad would actually flood a portion of the back yard for us, so all the neighborhood kids could skate there, and Grandpa used to shovel off the frozen lake and make us a rink to use when we visited him & Grandma at our cottage. Grandpa skated AND roller skated (competitive dancing on skates, really) back in the day. Wish I still had his awards and trophies and ribbons for those!
—”It’s called a ‘darning egg’”
Saw the photo and thought it was a lace bobbin!
And I don’t even know any that does that type of work!
Not even my crafty cousin the sewing advisor and she does everything but clothing. Or my fiber arts sister that does tapestry on a loom...
On second look I see it lacks the shoulders for the bobbin.
A trick question.
Accordion music, I love polka music - get me some Frankie Yankovic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCqZQUhBBHw
Growing up in Chicago I never skated. Trued once as a young adult. Disasterous. Weak ankles and a line of people grabbed me and pulled me around. Terrifying!