Needle, Case

Classification: Tools and Equipment for Materials

Object number: 2022.9.5.1-.2

Label text:This is a needle case and a spindle used in lace making that belonged to donors grandmother, Mary Ann Cullingworth, born in 1863. Needles were very valuable and hard to replace at the time. A number of spindles were needed to make lace, The spindles were fastened to the thread, then moved to cross the threads to make a pattern.