Comments on: What Needles? http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/07/what-needles/ The blog for Plimoth Plantation's 17 Century embroidered jacket project. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:23:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Tricia WIlson Nguyen http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/07/what-needles/#comment-1285 Tricia WIlson Nguyen Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:24:44 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=359#comment-1285 Carolyn- The most fustrating thing to me is that we don't have any needles of this time period that I have been able to view yet. By this time, needles had gone from brass to steel but not stainless steel. Therefore the vast majority rusted away. The two needle museums in the world don't have needles prior to late 1700s, except the very, very early ones that were brass found in the Museum of London. Those ones are large and crude. I have a friend who is a needle historian and he had needles that dated to 1790's. He gave me one. I will photo it and put it on the blog. One of the stitchers who has participated is also an archeologist and has been keeping her eye out for needles found in anerobic conditions on something like a spanish gallion for me. I have more to write on this topic - think I might need to leave the comments and go to making a few blog entries on this subject after checking my notes to get my facts correct! Tricia Carolyn-

The most fustrating thing to me is that we don’t have any needles of this time period that I have been able to view yet. By this time, needles had gone from brass to steel but not stainless steel. Therefore the vast majority rusted away. The two needle museums in the world don’t have needles prior to late 1700s, except the very, very early ones that were brass found in the Museum of London. Those ones are large and crude. I have a friend who is a needle historian and he had needles that dated to 1790’s. He gave me one. I will photo it and put it on the blog.

One of the stitchers who has participated is also an archeologist and has been keeping her eye out for needles found in anerobic conditions on something like a spanish gallion for me. I have more to write on this topic - think I might need to leave the comments and go to making a few blog entries on this subject after checking my notes to get my facts correct!

Tricia

]]> By: Carolyn Hastings http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/07/what-needles/#comment-1264 Carolyn Hastings Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:21:26 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=359#comment-1264 I'm curious if it is possible to give us an idea of how fine the needles were in the early 17th century? I have the impression that there were very fine needles -- but how did the needles of the time compare to those we use today? So often people (but generally not the people involved with this project!!) have an idea that only coarse, crudely manufactured tools were available during this period. I'd love to find another little bit of information to refute this notion. Thanks, Carolyn I’m curious if it is possible to give us an idea of how fine the needles were in the early 17th century? I have the impression that there were very fine needles — but how did the needles of the time compare to those we use today?

So often people (but generally not the people involved with this project!!) have an idea that only coarse, crudely manufactured tools were available during this period. I’d love to find another little bit of information to refute this notion.

Thanks,
Carolyn

]]> By: coral-seas http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/07/what-needles/#comment-1254 coral-seas Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:24:32 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=359#comment-1254 I've just spent a week on my fourth Japanese Embroidery Course in Bournemouth, UK. A needle was dropped a few times and believe me we search hard to find those needles! Luckily all were found and returned to their owners :) CA I’ve just spent a week on my fourth Japanese Embroidery Course in Bournemouth, UK. A needle was dropped a few times and believe me we search hard to find those needles! Luckily all were found and returned to their owners :)

CA

]]> By: Mary Corbet http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/07/what-needles/#comment-1248 Mary Corbet Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:36:39 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=359#comment-1248 I got my Japanese needles at the Japanese Embroidery Center in Atlanta, GA. They have an online shop that offers hand-made needles: http://www.jecstore.bigstep.com/category.html?UCIDs=1259841 The prices range from $9 - $19 - right! Not something you want to lose! I got my Japanese needles at the Japanese Embroidery Center in Atlanta, GA. They have an online shop that offers hand-made needles:

http://www.jecstore.bigstep.com/category.html?UCIDs=1259841

The prices range from $9 - $19 - right! Not something you want to lose!

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