I have made some thread reels based on a finding from London. They aren't exact replicat, they are meerly inspired by the look of the original.
The original can be seen in the book: "The medieval household"
The thread reels I made have been turned on an electrical lathe and are all made from elderberry wood (Sambucus nigra).
Elderberry wood is very hard, despite the fact that elderberry is a quite fast growing tree. The grain is also very uniform and therfore, well suited for turning on a lathe.
The threadreel on the far right is a leg bone from a lamb. I have been using this for a long time and I think it has a very practical feel to it :-)
There are findings of this type of threadreels too, but unfortunately I don't have any pictures of it.
3 comments:
These are very nice. How wonderfully authentic your threads will look on them!
hi!
would you be interested in making some for me? i've been looking for reels like these, but i only found ones that are rather large in size for what i need them for. i was looking for reels of about 6cm long. you can contact me trough isis dot sturtewagen (at) telenet dot com
cheers,
isis
These are great! I followed over here from a post on Medieval Silkwork - they look really great with her silk threads too.
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