tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post1855121217836086307..comments2024-03-27T08:38:55.922+00:00Comments on Knitting Now and Then: The Price of Knitting NeedlesBarbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16481362252017232022noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-56633099431353159172024-01-31T11:34:46.070+00:002024-01-31T11:34:46.070+00:00Yes, I'll be glad to take a look, though can&#...Yes, I'll be glad to take a look, though can't promise I'll be able to tell you anything about it. Email address is barbaraknitsagain @ gmail.comBarbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481362252017232022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-4498112491752658282024-01-23T02:50:23.856+00:002024-01-23T02:50:23.856+00:00I ended up with a very old appearing sock needle c...I ended up with a very old appearing sock needle case from W H Head and Son London. Any chance I can email a picture and you can tell me if my guess is correct ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-18845308550108461052016-12-28T12:09:32.885+00:002016-12-28T12:09:32.885+00:00Hi Susan - Since I wrote this post we have done a ...Hi Susan - Since I wrote this post we have done a lot of sorting of the tools and gadgets in the Guild collection, but have not found any unusual 19th century gauges of the kind you are looking for. You can email me at: barbaraknitsagain at gmail.com for more details of what we have.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481362252017232022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-72950573592797349462016-12-26T20:10:17.362+00:002016-12-26T20:10:17.362+00:00Hi Barbara, you have a great blog - so good to be ...Hi Barbara, you have a great blog - so good to be sharing all the fantastic information you are accumulating. And that work with the Knitting & Crochet Guild, sorting, sorting. I too am a knitting tools researcher and historian. My website is www.knitting-needle-notions.com.au and I have a list of about 800 knitting needle brands from about 20 countries. I don't have the depth of detail that you are amassing - great stuff. <br /><br />I am so jealous of all those antique fairs - we are a bit lacking in these in Australia - we have some, but not the quantity and quality of old things available to you in the UK.<br /><br />I am really writing about your work with the Knitting & Crochet Guild. I am completing a small book on new finds in knitting pin gauges, to be published by the Dorset Thimble Society in May, 2017. I am wondering if your sorting has included any gauges held by the KCG. I am particularly interested in securing a photograph of the Eagle Card Board Gauge, illustrated by (I think) a print in the 1846 publication The German Christmas-eve by Apolline Flohr. Or, a photo of the Royal Star Gauge which is referred to in The Ladies Cabinet of French Design for Insertion Lace Cuffs, Collars and Edgings. <br /><br />Hope to hear back from you - not sure if you have an email address or if I can give you mine. Anyway, thank you for all your work - Susan Susan Websterhttp://www.knitting-needle-notions.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-40870199595820816632014-01-02T10:38:47.596+00:002014-01-02T10:38:47.596+00:00Thanks for your comment. I assume that your fathe...Thanks for your comment. I assume that your father's gauge is a general wire gauge, rather than marketed specifically as a knitting needle gauge? I think that the old sizes of knitting needles (i.e. pre-metric) were the same as the standard wire sizes, so the gauges would be interchangeable too. Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481362252017232022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805580631057957340.post-69622053330082877962013-12-27T10:38:01.048+00:002013-12-27T10:38:01.048+00:00My father is an Orthodontic Technician and he has ...My father is an Orthodontic Technician and he has one of the round wire gauges like in the picture, it is thicker than what u would think and heavier, greatest thing is it won't brake, believe me my brother and I would have if we could have growing up, (a bit rough on things haha) and my father has had this for 50 or so years so it is really built to last now I am not sure if it is the exact same brand but it looks exactly like the one pictured.Apmbabiestoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00672322508319514946noreply@blogger.com