Beautiful Old Make Do String Winder french needlework Artesania Rinconada

Artesania Rinconada

especially the larger sized ones as this is

I love the silhouette

Moving to Albemarle

pure delight

Beautiful Old Make Do String Winder french needlework Artesania RinconadaThe seller I purchased this from found it with with a note that it was what "grandma" used to keep her string, and clearly grandma used it for lots of string over many many years. The wood is super smooth and with a bit of a sheen from many many years of handling, and whether or not it is one or two pieces under that cloth wrap I am really not certain. The fabric wrap looks somewhat similar to cloth medical tape in material, now completely hardened