Charming Antique Hoof Shaped Bone Knitting Needle Guards on Ribbon, aka "Trotters" vintage kid art Quite serene

Quite serene

This is only the second of these I've come across out and about

1862—the second year of the Civil War—convened 16 people at his Dorchester home to unite themselves into what they called an “unsectarian Church of Jesus Christ”

and much much richer and more special in hand

this feels like the cat's world view to me

Charming Antique Hoof Shaped Bone Knitting Needle Guards on Ribbon, aka "Trotters" vintage kid art Quite sereneI'd never seen a pair of these before and was delighted to learn that they were once a thing: knitting needle guards carved to look like pigs feet, better known as trotters! And sewn to a cloth ribbon to hold them together. So many wonders associated with knitting and sewing! I really love the vision of putting the needles to rest at night by capping them with these little feet! I'd be inclined to hang them now dangling loose from a little nail on the