What do you call it?

I have a thread catcher device that looks sorta like this one at Nordic Needle.

http://www.nordicneedle.com/PROD/E00-00-00/6756.html

What was the original, made with metal hearts, called? Anyone remember?
It was a catchy name that has left my brain.

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"Ruthann Biel" wrote in message
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I have a thread catcher device that looks sorta like this one at Nordic
Needle.

http://www.nordicneedle.com/PROD/E00-00-00/6756.html

What was the original, made with metal hearts, called? Anyone remember?
It was a catchy name that has left my brain.

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Ruthann Biel | Mother, Unschooler, Stitcher, Music Lover.
|-------------------------------------------
+1 916 381 4205 | Sacramento California USA


I think it's called a "dololly?"

Lucille

That's it. Thanks. All I could think of was thing-a-ma-jig, and that was not t
he correct name.

On 2008-08-24, Lucille lzoltynospam@now wrote:

"Ruthann Biel" wrote in message
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I have a thread catcher device that looks sorta like this one at Nordic
Needle.

http://www.nordicneedle.com/PROD/E00-00-00/6756.html

What was the original, made with metal hearts, called? Anyone remember?
It was a catchy name that has left my brain.

--
Ruthann Biel | Mother, Unschooler, Stitcher, Music Lover.
|-------------------------------------------
+1 916 381 4205 | Sacramento California USA


I think it's called a "dololly?"

Lucille




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Ruthann Biel | Mother, Unschooler, Stitcher, Music Lover.
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+1 916 381 4205 | Sacramento California USA

On 8/24/08 2:59 PM, "Ruthann Biel" wrote:

I have a thread catcher device that looks sorta like this one at Nordic
Needle.

http://www.nordicneedle.com/PROD/E00-00-00/6756.html

What was the original, made with metal hearts, called? Anyone remember?
It was a catchy name that has left my brain.

A DooLolly. The woman who made them died a few years back. Then, IIRC, her
husband and someone else (daughter, sister) was making them again. But,
they've stopped. However, you can get an expensive version from Compucraft
- costs about $5, has a little resin star on top - pretty much works. And
some other designer has been making sterling silver sets that are very
similar to the Doololly - costing around $30 for the needle threader and
thread catcher. I've only seen them as the set, and we had them in the
shop, but I can't remember the company name. If I do, I'll post it.

Ellice

ellice wrote:
On 8/24/08 2:59 PM, "Ruthann Biel" wrote:

I have a thread catcher device that looks sorta like this one at Nordic
Needle.

http://www.nordicneedle.com/PROD/E00-00-00/6756.html

What was the original, made with metal hearts, called? Anyone remember?
It was a catchy name that has left my brain.

A DooLolly. The woman who made them died a few years back. Then, IIRC, her
husband and someone else (daughter, sister) was making them again. But,
they've stopped. However, you can get an expensive version from Compucraft
- costs about $5, has a little resin star on top - pretty much works. And
some other designer has been making sterling silver sets that are very
similar to the Doololly - costing around $30 for the needle threader and
thread catcher. I've only seen them as the set, and we had them in the
shop, but I can't remember the company name. If I do, I'll post it.

Ellice

Good heavens! I just use a very fine steel crochet hook. No expense at
all - or,rather,very little as I got most of my steel hooks from estate
sales.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

On 8/24/08 11:11 PM, in article , "ellice"
wrote:

On 8/24/08 2:59 PM, "Ruthann Biel" wrote:

I have a thread catcher device that looks sorta like this one at Nordic
Needle.

http://www.nordicneedle.com/PROD/E00-00-00/6756.html

What was the original, made with metal hearts, called? Anyone remember?
It was a catchy name that has left my brain.

A DooLolly. The woman who made them died a few years back. Then, IIRC, her
husband and someone else (daughter, sister) was making them again. But,
they've stopped. However, you can get an expensive version from Compucraft
- costs about $5, has a little resin star on top - pretty much works. And
some other designer has been making sterling silver sets that are very
similar to the Doololly - costing around $30 for the needle threader and
thread catcher. I've only seen them as the set, and we had them in the
shop, but I can't remember the company name. If I do, I'll post it.

Ellice


I have the "star detailer" - its a handy thing. I think I paid around $5 for
it. The expensive ones are lovely, but I'll stick to what I have unless I
find one with a ladybug.
Cheryl

Olwyn Mary wrote:
ellice wrote:

On 8/24/08 2:59 PM, "Ruthann Biel" wrote:

I have a thread catcher device that looks sorta like this one at Nordic
Needle.

http://www.nordicneedle.com/PROD/E00-00-00/6756.html

What was the original, made with metal hearts, called? Anyone remember?
It was a catchy name that has left my brain.


A DooLolly. The woman who made them died a few years back. Then,
IIRC, her
husband and someone else (daughter, sister) was making them again. But,
they've stopped. However, you can get an expensive version from
Compucraft
- costs about $5, has a little resin star on top - pretty much works.
And
some other designer has been making sterling silver sets that are very
similar to the Doololly - costing around $30 for the needle threader and
thread catcher. I've only seen them as the set, and we had them in the
shop, but I can't remember the company name. If I do, I'll post it.

Ellice

Good heavens! I just use a very fine steel crochet hook. No expense at
all - or,rather,very little as I got most of my steel hooks from estate
sales.

An ort of thread looped through a tapestry needle works very well, too.
As do those needle threaders with the rounded tops.

Elizabeth
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and expand her sense of actual possibilities. --Adrienne Rich
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On 8/25/08 12:20 AM, "Olwyn Mary" wrote:

ellice wrote:
On 8/24/08 2:59 PM, "Ruthann Biel" wrote:

I have a thread catcher device that looks sorta like this one at Nordic
Needle.

http://www.nordicneedle.com/PROD/E00-00-00/6756.html

What was the original, made with metal hearts, called? Anyone remember?
It was a catchy name that has left my brain.

A DooLolly. The woman who made them died a few years back. Then, IIRC, her
husband and someone else (daughter, sister) was making them again. But,
they've stopped. However, you can get an expensive version from Compucraft
- costs about $5, has a little resin star on top - pretty much works. And
some other designer has been making sterling silver sets that are very
similar to the Doololly - costing around $30 for the needle threader and
thread catcher. I've only seen them as the set, and we had them in the
shop, but I can't remember the company name. If I do, I'll post it.

Ellice

Good heavens! I just use a very fine steel crochet hook. No expense at
all - or,rather,very little as I got most of my steel hooks from estate
sales.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

I have a really teeny crochet hook in my stitching kit that goes everywhere.
But, the dololly was actually a great tool, and finer.

Ellice

On 8/25/08 7:57 AM, "Cheryl Isaak" wrote:

On 8/24/08 11:11 PM, in article , "ellice"
wrote:

On 8/24/08 2:59 PM, "Ruthann Biel" wrote:

I have a thread catcher device that looks sorta like this one at Nordic
Needle.

http://www.nordicneedle.com/PROD/E00-00-00/6756.html

What was the original, made with metal hearts, called? Anyone remember?
It was a catchy name that has left my brain.

A DooLolly. The woman who made them died a few years back. Then, IIRC, her
husband and someone else (daughter, sister) was making them again. But,
they've stopped. However, you can get an expensive version from Compucraft
- costs about $5, has a little resin star on top - pretty much works. And
some other designer has been making sterling silver sets that are very
similar to the Doololly - costing around $30 for the needle threader and
thread catcher. I've only seen them as the set, and we had them in the
shop, but I can't remember the company name. If I do, I'll post it.

Ellice


I have the "star detailer" - its a handy thing. I think I paid around $5 for
it. The expensive ones are lovely, but I'll stick to what I have unless I
find one with a ladybug.
Cheryl


He that's it - the star detailer. I keep bending them. Oh, well.

Ellice

"ellice" wrote in message
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On 8/25/08 12:20 AM, "Olwyn Mary" wrote:

ellice wrote:
On 8/24/08 2:59 PM, "Ruthann Biel" wrote:

I have a thread catcher device that looks sorta like this one at Nordic
Needle.

http://www.nordicneedle.com/PROD/E00-00-00/6756.html

What was the original, made with metal hearts, called? Anyone
remember?
It was a catchy name that has left my brain.

A DooLolly. The woman who made them died a few years back. Then, IIRC,
her
husband and someone else (daughter, sister) was making them again. But,
they've stopped. However, you can get an expensive version from
Compucraft
- costs about $5, has a little resin star on top - pretty much works.
And
some other designer has been making sterling silver sets that are very
similar to the Doololly - costing around $30 for the needle threader and
thread catcher. I've only seen them as the set, and we had them in the
shop, but I can't remember the company name. If I do, I'll post it.

Ellice

Good heavens! I just use a very fine steel crochet hook. No expense at
all - or,rather,very little as I got most of my steel hooks from estate
sales.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

I have a really teeny crochet hook in my stitching kit that goes
everywhere.
But, the dololly was actually a great tool, and finer.

Ellice


Finer then a steel size 13 or 14 crochet hook? That I think would be
equivalent to about a size 14 tapestry needle.

Lucille