Antique Lacemaking Spools with Cards and Bobbins handmade cloth doll and found it at a

and found it at a flea market

Really a terrific gift

One side was heavily used

and on one side some of the blue bleeds into the cream

And then inside

Antique Lacemaking Spools with Cards and Bobbins handmade cloth doll and found it at aI'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