tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post9108368365378050198..comments2024-03-27T08:38:55.922+00:00Comments on Knitting Now and Then: Double CenturyBarbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16481362252017232022noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-91149157335139048552024-01-31T12:13:24.300+00:002024-01-31T12:13:24.300+00:00I'm not a crocheter, and old crochet hook size...I'm not a crocheter, and old crochet hook sizes seem very confusing - I think there were different systems depending on whether it was a wool hook or a cotton hook, though I may be wrong. The best thing would be to use a needle gauge, maybe. Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481362252017232022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-47842400825882581952024-01-27T09:31:42.514+00:002024-01-27T09:31:42.514+00:00Amanda- I have a Double Century Crochet hook nr 5....Amanda- I have a Double Century Crochet hook nr 5. I inherited it from my grandmother after her death. Can you perhaps tell me what size hook that will be in mmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-42234172515694447612021-06-10T20:58:35.885+01:002021-06-10T20:58:35.885+01:00I like using them too, though for some patterns th...I like using them too, though for some patterns the points are not sharp enough. Maybe they are getting harder to find, but they must have been in production for years. Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481362252017232022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-7480243084451608242021-06-10T10:18:40.283+01:002021-06-10T10:18:40.283+01:00I have a pair and love them. Can't find any mo...I have a pair and love them. Can't find any more though!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13829783916118354131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-18838019062454173932019-01-21T22:56:14.857+00:002019-01-21T22:56:14.857+00:00Hi Linda. So pleased you found the post interestin...Hi Linda. So pleased you found the post interesting. I don't know whether Double Century needles were sold in the U.S., but I would be surprised - I'm sure there were American manufacturers to supply that market. <br /> Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481362252017232022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-73376484501573371642019-01-20T16:34:44.253+00:002019-01-20T16:34:44.253+00:00I just came across this article on Double Century ...I just came across this article on Double Century Needles. Very interesting. I love finding vintage knitting tools and reading the history of them. Thanks so much. I wonder if they were also in the US ?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08986585934418635018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-76445477833760237262017-06-10T22:18:41.867+01:002017-06-10T22:18:41.867+01:00Belinda, I would love to know more about Emily Dou...Belinda, I would love to know more about Emily Doubble, if you have more information. You can email me at barbaraknitsagain@gmail.com<br />I have found an earlier ad for Double Century needles, from 1921, and will put it on this blog in a new post. I hope that your great-grandmother lived to see her idea put into production, and use the needles. Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481362252017232022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-18785358658028385162017-06-08T15:04:03.604+01:002017-06-08T15:04:03.604+01:00Hi Belinda. Thanks for that fascinating informatio...Hi Belinda. Thanks for that fascinating information. I had never expected to hear from a descendant of the inventor - so nice to hear that the family remember her idea. I have subsequently found some earlier ads for Double Century needles - I'll dig them out and post them. <br /><br />Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481362252017232022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-3852439287328267152017-06-07T17:56:23.547+01:002017-06-07T17:56:23.547+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02005417172291368825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-75360165963939703322017-06-07T17:50:31.144+01:002017-06-07T17:50:31.144+01:00Hi, I have just come across your blog from 2015 on...Hi, I have just come across your blog from 2015 on the Double Century - Emily Doubble was my gt-grandmother, and yes, she did invent a knitting needle which her son, Theodore, patented for her. My aunt told me that she was fed up on her fine needles breaking and had the idea of putting a metal wire in them. She was a great knitter, embroidery and wood carver! I hadn't seen the patent before so it was interesting reading. I don't think the family made any other needles, and probably not in 1945 and both Emily and her son had died by then. <br /> If you would like any information on her do let me know, many thanks, BelindaBelindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02005417172291368825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-42613554005426728482015-05-18T18:23:38.339+01:002015-05-18T18:23:38.339+01:00Thanks very much for that information - it's g...Thanks very much for that information - it's good to know a bit more of the history. Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481362252017232022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-64281603338250925762015-05-08T07:10:18.822+01:002015-05-08T07:10:18.822+01:00I am in Australia and just found 14 pairs of these...I am in Australia and just found 14 pairs of these lovely needles at a charity shop. <br />I was very interested to find this blog. I also found this info which might answer your question as to when they stopped making them – 1956.<br />From http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-488200-double-century-works-worcestershire#.VUxSD3dh0xd<br /><br />< HISTORY: Needle- making was a long-established industrial specialism of the Reddich area, with small works and larger factories producing a range of needle products, both domestic and industrial. In the C19, works were of sufficient scale to warrant the introduction of steam power. Double Century Works was owned by the Butler family and their descendants, the Smiths until 1956, needle manufacture on the site having apparently commenced in the late C17.>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15875462808945823697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-58922869619342842892015-04-28T01:16:30.741+01:002015-04-28T01:16:30.741+01:00I just came back from NZ where I found/brought som...I just came back from NZ where I found/brought some of these needles in secondhand stores over there, I have never seen them here in Australia.<br />I was wondering about there history, very interesting.<br />LacharnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-39429213740774900982015-04-12T14:24:42.519+01:002015-04-12T14:24:42.519+01:00Yes, I'll look for some earlier ads to try to ...Yes, I'll look for some earlier ads to try to fill the gap. I'm sure they are not manufactured now, but I don't know when they stopped being made. Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481362252017232022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-49886029519817999862015-04-05T10:45:00.652+01:002015-04-05T10:45:00.652+01:00Thank you for this! I wonder if anyone manufactur...Thank you for this! I wonder if anyone manufacturers them now? It's lovely that the patent number on the needles enabled you to find out about them. At some point the advertisements between 1917 and 1945 should be discovered, given that the 1945 adverts refer to the needles having been available before the war.Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553503435833467369noreply@blogger.com