serious - what is a needleroll?

I see lots of pretty patterns for needle rolls - but I have no idea what
a needle roll is. Somebody please enlighten me!

TIA,

Ruthie in Colorado
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On 3/18/04 2:07 PM, in article
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wrote:

I see lots of pretty patterns for needle rolls - but I have no idea what
a needle roll is. Somebody please enlighten me!

TIA,

Ruthie in Colorado
alowan^earthlink^net

A pretty excuse to stitch something small and decorative. Not sure if they
are actually useful.

Cheryl

Cheryl Isaak wrote:

On 3/18/04 2:07 PM, in article
.net, "Ruthie"
wrote:

I see lots of pretty patterns for needle rolls - but I have no idea what
a needle roll is. Somebody please enlighten me!

A pretty excuse to stitch something small and decorative. Not sure if they
are actually useful.


They're not useful. They look like overgrown tootsie
rolls. They're verrrrry addictive ;-)

Best wishes,
Ericka

In my home a needleroll is an expensive cat toy. LOL

Anne (in Ellicott City, MD)

Cheryl Isaak wrote:

On 3/18/04 2:07 PM, in article
k.net, "Ruthie"
wrote:



I see lots of pretty patterns for needle rolls - but I have no idea what
a needle roll is. Somebody please enlighten me!

TIA,

Ruthie in Colorado
alowan^earthlink^net



A pretty excuse to stitch something small and decorative. Not sure if they
are actually useful.

Cheryl

I see lots of pretty patterns for needle rolls - but I have no idea what
a needle roll is. Somebody please enlighten me!

A pretty excuse to stitch something small and decorative. Not sure if they
are actually useful.


LOL
I really assumed it was a roll shaped pin cushion! Some strange item with
serious historical roots...
Grea

I've never stitched any of the ones I have seen (Emie Bishop?) that so
many enjoy doing and call "addictive". They really are pretty.

However, if they're lined in a felt of some sort, then they'd be ideal
for storing needles. :-)
Dianne

Ruthie wrote:

I see lots of pretty patterns for needle rolls - but I have no idea what
a needle roll is. Somebody please enlighten me!

TIA,

Ruthie in Colorado
alowan^earthlink^net

Anne Tuchscherer had some very
interesting things to say about serious - what is a needleroll?:

In my home a needleroll is an expensive cat toy. LOL

[chuckle] My bird would probably see one as a neat bombing target.
--
"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be
doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding.
:-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL

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I see lots of pretty patterns for needle rolls - but I have no idea what
a needle roll is. Somebody please enlighten me!

TIA,

Ruthie in Colorado
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They are basically the needlework equivalent of a knick knack.

Back in the days when needles were very expensive, and no-one had more than two
or three, needlerolls were indeed a place for storing and transporting one's
precious needles, a predecessor of needlebooks. Nowadays, they appear to have
been tarted up out of all recognition.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans

Gee - After reading all the posts, (I liked the one about being "...tarted
up out of all recognition."); here I just thought it was an over grown
pincushion! LOL!!!

By the way, did you know someone created a stand for them? Kind of like a
plate stand, only a mini-pillow stand! Who'd've thought?

Eva in Chilly & Rainy, Kent, WA, US


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I see lots of pretty patterns for needle rolls - but I have no idea what
a needle roll is. Somebody please enlighten me!

TIA,

Ruthie in Colorado
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