Sewing equipment ID needed

I'm trying to identify the wire and spring pieces that were in this old Red
Cross sewing kit:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...202/apicrc.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...02/apicrca.jpg


Anyone know what these are for?

Thanks,
Rob

In article , R.H. of Road
Runner High Speed Online http://www.rr.com uttered
I'm trying to identify the wire and spring pieces that were in this old Red
Cross sewing kit:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...202/apicrc.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...02/apicrca.jpg


Anyone know what these are for?

Thanks,
Rob


Are they for holding your sock taut while you darn it?

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AJH
no email address supplied

"She who would like to be obeyed once every Preston Guild"
wrote
Are they for holding your sock taut while you darn it?

Or maybe even to facilitate drying? Trench Foot is nasty business and it
was a big problem among the soldiers.

Aren't these wire thingies to hold the corners of a shirt collar down?
The 2 points go into the underneath corners of the collar and the cross
piece goes up to the neck where it buttons and under the tie.

"Rev "Fragile Warrior"" wrote in message
...

"She who would like to be obeyed once every Preston Guild"
wrote
Are they for holding your sock taut while you darn it?

Or maybe even to facilitate drying? Trench Foot is nasty business and it
was a big problem among the soldiers.

Those are for darning or patching anything. Have you ever tried to apply a
patch or mend an item without benefit of embroidery hoop or such? They can
be pinned in place inside the pant leg or shirt sleeve to enable one to mend
blown knees and elbows. (And yes, socks as well - although those would be
just as easily done by shoving a tin of food or such down the sock and
letting the needle glide off that. My step-mum taught me how to darn socks
using an orange 'tossed' down to the toe...)
Cynthia

"She who would like to be obeyed once every Preston Guild"
wrote in message
...
In article , R.H. of Road
Runner High Speed Online http://www.rr.com uttered
I'm trying to identify the wire and spring pieces that were in this old
Red
Cross sewing kit:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...202/apicrc.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...02/apicrca.jpg


Anyone know what these are for?

Thanks,
Rob


Are they for holding your sock taut while you darn it?

--
AJH
no email address supplied

"ruth" wrote in message
...
Aren't these wire thingies to hold the corners of a shirt collar down?
The 2 points go into the underneath corners of the collar and the cross
piece goes up to the neck where it buttons and under the tie.

Thanks to everyone for the replies, I haven't been able to verify on the web
exactly what they are, but the answers of "collar stay" or "darning tool"
sound very likely.