Bobbin or Darning Needle?

[simon.r]

MrsR going through some old stuff and found this:

I call it a Bobbin, she a darning needle. We both remember our Mothers darning socks on one.

 

[Beebo]

It's a but plug.

 

[simon.r]

For clarity it's about 4" long and made from wood.

Ooo er Missus.

 

[jefmcg]

It's neither a bobbin, which is for winding thread onto, nor a needle. I think it's a darning mushroom.

Yes. It's definitely neither of the guesses.

My mum used .... a pair of balled up socks, her fist. Hard to remember because then she finished her law degree and started throwing away socks. Darning socks belongs in a world with knitting socks.

@Beebo has the best suggestion for repurposing it.

 

[classic33]

MrsR going through some old stuff and found this:

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I call it a Bobbin, she a darning needle. We both remember our Mothers darning socks on one.

Darning Egg.
Neither right. These are darning needles

 

[simon.r]

I wonder if it has regional names? Appreciate it's technically not a bobbin or a needle, but that's what it was called in or respective households.

 

[jefmcg]

We both remember our Mothers darning socks on one.

And neither mum passed on the skillz?

I totally remember my instructions on darning socks, and proud to say I've never used it. But I do know what a needle and bobbin are.

 

[jefmcg]

I wonder if it has regional names? Appreciate it's technically not a bobbin or a needle, but that's what it was called in or respective households.

I'm really doubting "needle". I don't believe a sewing needle was known as any other name in a dialect, so .... what? "You put the needle inside the sock., then you thread the yarn through the needle ... no, not the large wooden needle, the metal needle you can thread the yarn through ...."

OK, now I know why you never learnt to darn socks

 

[simon.r]

And neither mum passed on the skillz?

I totally remember my instructions on darning socks, and proud to say I've never used it. But I do know what a needle and bobbin are.

MrsR says:

1 - she knows how to darn a sock

2 - it's spelt "butt" @Beebo

3 - haven't you lot got anything better to do on a Friday night?

4 - Mothers doesn't have a capital M.

 

[jefmcg]

1 - she knows how to darn a sock

So what does she call a darning needle as in @classic33 pic above?

 

[simon.r]

So what does she call a darning needle as in @classic33 pic above?

MrsR is backtracking rapidly and has now declared that it is indeed a darning mushroom @User13710

I'm still going with bobbin, but will check with Mum next time I see her.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

...balled up socks, her fist. Hard..

This is, supposedly, a family forum.

 

[classic33]

MrsR says:

1 - she knows how to darn a sock

2 - it's spelt "butt" @Beebo

3 - haven't you lot got anything better to do on a Friday night?

4 - Mothers doesn't have a capital M.

Mothers Day does!

 

[classic33]

 

[Poacher]

MrsR says:
4 - Mothers doesn't have a capital M.

It does when it's the Mothers of Invention: a very early incarnation:

"..before America scarfs up the world and shoots on it"

Edit: hang about, I didn't write "shoots"!?