Monday, June 1, 2015

Needle Case from Germany

Laura B.'s German boyfriend chose this plastic needle case out of his own sewing kit and sent it home with her, as a present for me! 

It's the cleverest contraption--I've never seen anything quite like it.

The pink thimble screws onto the tube. 
Inside the tube is a spool with three colors of thread wrap around it. Unscrew the spool's blue cap, and inside the spool are needles.

4 comments:

Zhoen said...

Etui?

The Crow said...

That's so clever! How nice of him to send it to you.

Frex said...

ZHOEN: Oh! I had never heard that word!
Yes: "a small ornamental case for holding needles, cosmetics, and other articles. Origin: early 17th century: from French étui, from Old French estui ‘prison,’ from estuier ‘shut up, keep.’
* * *Compare with "tweezers"."

CROW: Yeah, he's a nice guy. (Also, Marz gave him a trombone last year.)

bink said...

Sweet!