Went to an Auction Today
#18
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Illinois
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What fun to sort through your new items! The cabinet is beautiful and my first thought was like another that there is a lift inside to bring the machine up for use and down for storing. As to the needles, my first thought was that the one was for ribbon but maybe not since it has the pointed end. My mother had a thread box similar to the one you bought. Love all those wooden spools! I use some of my mother's thread for basting. In a pinch, check for strength and it may still be usable.
#20
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 159
The nips are used for snipping thread. Ring slides over finger (I think ring finger) as you hold the nips in the palm of your hand. I worked in a sewing factory years ago and used one.
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