Comments on: Old Sock Blockers and Such

By: Seanna Lea

Seanna Lea — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:07:05 +0000

Growing up we collected beach glass. It wasn’t necessarily old, but it looked old even in its place of splendor in a ball jar.

By: Maureen

Maureen — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:46:42 +0000

Hmmmm. I shall have to start looking around for knitting items like egg darners, sock blockers, nostepennes (spelling?), knitting needles and sewing needles. I love the sock blockers you have found.

By: Ann Rose

Ann Rose — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:57:26 +0000

My biggest collection is my yarn stash, but even before I was a yarnie, I collected Ernie and Bert (Sesame Street characters) stuff. They always makes me smile, and since my husband had some Bert collectibles when we met (I had Ernie stuff), I knew we were made for each other. I also have a disability-themed toy collection, the best part of which is the Stephen Hawking action figure from The Simpsons.

By: Jocelyn

Jocelyn — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 08:53:14 +0000

Sheri, that Citron is gorgeous! i have yet to knit one for myself and after seeing this I think I will use lace instead of the planned sock yarn.

So the sock blockers are trekking to Colorado as well huh?
Hope the move is not doing your head in.

By: Bev

Bev — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:43:36 +0000

I collect, collect and collect. I look for Porcelier teapots, Ransburg cookie jars, vintage Red Wing pottery, depression glass, 1940′s printed table cloths, old sewing stuff and Homer Laughlin Harelquin dinnerware. And anything else that looks interesting or odd. I need a bigger house.

By: LittleWit

LittleWit — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 02:13:35 +0000

Umm I may have accidentally started collecting old sewing machines. I should probably stop because at some point I really won’t have a place to put them or the ability to use them. They are one thing I keep an eye out for at estate sales though, that and any knitting paraphernalia.

By: BFF Liz

BFF Liz — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:36:26 +0000

I’m slowly filling the house with sheepies. And I collect refrigerator magnets. I picked up a couple of new treasures on my way back from Spring Fling at the Pink Elephant antique mall (a couple was all I could handle–that place blew my mind after only two aisles!). They were small and inexpensive, but they said they wanted to come home with me. Nothing that I collect normally, but they asked nicely. I have several zillion books, too, but those are for reading and treasuring, not collecting.

And then there are the things I didn’t mean to collect…like the THIRD box of trash bags I found tonight….

By: Ellen

Ellen — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:22:00 +0000

I inherited my German grandmother’s nut chopper – it has 2 wooden handles and you hold one at each end and rock the blade back and forth to chop nuts for stollen, a German Christmas bread. It was made in Germany and I suspect that her mother brought it over. So now I look for old wooden nut choppers (just the handles are wood, not the blades!) and I have about 20 of them. They aren’t too big so are a good collection to display in the kitchen. Mostly I find them with about a 6″ blade and a handle at the top of that to use to rock. I also have some wooden sock blockers, darning eggs, a spinning wheel, a yarn winder, huge spools and some old sewing machines………… and then there are the rolling pins. Thanks for asking!

By: Teresa

Teresa — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:03:46 +0000

Oh, old hangers! I have some turquoise wooden ones that belonged to my aunt and perhaps my grandmother before her. Not great for today’s clothes, but I cannot get rid of them. I also collect old knitting books. To be honest, I’m old enough to have some vintage ones of my own from when I worked at a knit shop in the 60′s. Oh those hair styles! and the wonderful psychedelic fashions!

By: Bonney

Bonney — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:02:06 +0000

Love the sock blockers! I collect baby knitting patterns from the ’50s. I love the ones that have pictures of actual children as models. It’s fun to look at the styles and the accessories in the pictures. I often wonder about the children that were models. Was it fun for them? Do they even remember? The patterns are fun too!