An 1890's thimble holder

[christinascrochethaven]

WOW! that's cool!

[nevadamama]

Thanks for sharing the photo and article on the thimble holder. That was a fun & intersting history lesson.

[craftybutterfly]

Lovely! its like a tiny little reticule

[Deb b]

Wow Thanks for sharing

[jaclim]

very pretty!

[mimicat]

That is so lovely, thanks for sharing!

[beth eathorne]

i cant thank you enough for posting this picture. i was able to take it and make one for myself... my godmother collects thimbles and i am going to give her one for Christmas and make several more for others as tree ornaments. i have made 3 so far out of differnt colors and they are just wonderful. thanks again.

[JoBug]

That is lovely! And the explination is terrific too! Thanks for sharing that with us!

[WendyLee]

How very pretty. I've never heard of a thimble holder. It figures that the victorians would think up such a thing. Amazing. I have to find a pattern for one of these, my SIL collects thimbles and this would be perfect to go with them.

[Sarah Jane]

That is beautiful!

[its_ace]

Do you have a pattern to share?

 

its_ace

 

 

I found this at a civil war reenactment in one of their booths. The lady that made it said a woman gave her a pattern book for the 1890's that had these in them. I was just so facinated by them I had to buy one. I wanted to share with all of you because I had never seen anything like this and was wondering if anybody else had.

This is the paper that was attached to it explaining the function.

[oliveoil]

Pretty fancy for a thimble holder!! What a unique idea!! The variegated color is really nice!! Cool history about it too!!

[dixieredhead]

This is an amazing post! My great aunt died last year, and as we went through some of her things I found a wonderful old crochet hook that I treasure, I also found a little crocheted broach and had no clue what it actually was used for until now. I will have to post a pic of it, but this makes me treasure it even more. I really beleive it is a thimble holder too.