Sunday, July 8, 2012

What is it called?

I enjoy a periodic trip to a garage sale or swap meet.  A friend of mine recently went to a garage sale and made a wonderful find.  However we haven't been able to figure out what the piece is called.  Here is a picture

and a close up.

It looks like plastice rings were covered with crochet cotton and then joined together.  Anyone have any idea if this has a specific name?  or when this particular technique may have had its heyday?

2 comments:

What Comes Next? said...

Interesting! I've not seen that before! At first look, I thought it was stamping, using the bottom of a wooden spool. I do like the look it gives, but wonder how heavy it is, and what the cleaning would be?

Helen McNaught @ AuntyHennys said...

It looks like it is made with dorset buttons. If you google Dorset button you can see what I mean.