This week’s topic is Stitch. The photo is a nod to all my knitting friends out there. In a previous post, I shared a picture of my mother’s old knitting bag. I find it extraordinarily beautiful, and it brings back such comforting memories. My mother is living with us now, and has brought that old bag back to life, as she is beginning to knit again. While examining the long tucked away contents, she discovered this dandy little item. A stitch counter!
Thanks to the lovely ladies who created this challenge:
Cathy from Nanacathydotcom
Jane from Rainbowjunkiecorner
Melissa from The Aran Artisan
Sandra from Wild Daffodil
Let the Sewing Begin 
I love it! Circa 1950 perhaps?
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Oooh, I’ll have to ask her. It’s in pristine condition so I’m thinking it isn’t, but the illustration seems to fit that decade.
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Golly! I’d forgotten there were such things, but you’re right – there are/used to be. Probably an app for it now . . . doesn’t quite have the same feeling, does it? Glad mum’s knitting and the bag’s come back!
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Haha! “There’s an app for that” certainly doesn’t have the right “ring” to it. Not very tactile. We spent some time at fabric/yarn store yesterday and she found a number of patterns to try. Mind, she didn’t buy one yet because she is still “determining”. 😉
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Agreed! (Just don’t “ring” the same.) I do admire her ability to determine before buying. She hasn’t been told about Ravelry’s free patterns, has she? Or bloggers? 😉
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I don’t know about Ravelry’s free patterns…seems like something good for her (who doesn’t love free?). We shall look into it. She does know a teensy bit about bloggers. 😉
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Haven’t you gotten to Ravelry yet? I don’t log in often, but do have curlsnskirls there. Send me an email (curlsnskirls at that “y” place ~ you know the one!) and I’d be happy to answer questions, or arrange a telly chat.
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Just signed up and emailed you!
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Ah! Will go check it out . . . . .
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That stitch counter is charming. I remember my mother having a similar one.
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It is sweet, isn’t it? The little knitting angel is awfully cute.
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Handy gadgets such as this were given away with sewing and knitting magazines. I am always chuffed when I see something similar in a charity shop. Plus they are often still useful, I still have an ancient Quick Unpick, anther handy tool!
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It likely came with an old magazine. (Wonder they all ended up….) What is a Quick Unpick? For knitting or sewing? I like the idea of unpicking quickly. 🙂
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It is a small pointed sharp tool for unpicking stitches,knitted or sewn.💛
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A seam ripper! My constant sewing companion.
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The bag is really nice isn’t it? Modelled on a handbag rather than a cloth bag it has an elegant and serious vibe.
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Yes, it is a fabulous bag. Might have been her mother’s? It’s quite faded now, but just so beautiful. And it always was a serious thing, we handled it so gingerly and not a stitch or a corner (or the clasp) has any damage. Love it.
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Precious memories.
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Indeed! I always loved its softness and that it could be packed till it was round as a sausage.
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A much nicer bag than either of my knitting bags!
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🙂 I’ve never seen another one like it. It’s a pretty special item, to be sure.
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How cute! I presume the holes are for the knitting needle.
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Goodness, I have no idea! So you’d place the counter between the needles? I just know you turn the dial to move up the count….guess if it’s on the needle it turns automatically. Very clever!
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Not sure about automatically. It’s just that my plastic cylindrical row counters fit on the end of the knitting needle.
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Well, that explains it, thank you! I hadn’t asked mom how it worked. Now it makes sense. 😀
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I love old sewing and knitting notions and that knitting bag has to be the most elegant I’ve ever seen!
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Oh I love it, too! It has been with my mom longer than I have, and I’ve always thought it was so fancy.
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It says made in the U.S.A., it must be old! 😉
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