Abel Morrall's Areo knitting Needles

Almost perfect condition in original packaging
Abel Morrall's
(It's a cool name)
Vintage packet

10kr in a charity shop. That's around £1..........sitting at the bottom of a little bucket. Perfect packaging and very traditional English brand for sale in a Stockholm charity shop, perfect!. They must have been lost and forgotten to sit in such good condition for all these years. The paper packet is very flimsy.

I will love and cherish them.;-)

History lesson time!

The oldest known knitting needles, still very much in use, are double-pointed needles.
They are generally used to form tubular fabrics such as socks and the bodies or sleeves of sweaters. As the name implies, double-pointed needles are tapered at both ends nearly to points.

They are normally used in sets of four or five as depicted in a number of 14th century oil paintings, by a flexible strand (usually nylon) that allows the two ends to be brought together.

Dpn's are typically used for circular knitting, especially smaller tube-shaped pieces.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knitting_needle

Knitting needle history

Brief facts taken from Wiki above.

1st

There are three basic types of knitting needles (also called "knitting pins").
The first and most common type consists of two slender, straight sticks tapered
to a point at one end, and with a knob at the other end to prevent stitches from
slipping off.

2nd

The second type of knitting needles are straight, double-pointed knitting needles
(also called "dpns"). Double-pointed needles are tapered at both ends, which allows
them to be knit from either end.

3rd

The third needle type consists of circular needles, which are long, flexible
double-pointed needles. The two tapered ends (typically 5 inches (130 mm) long)
are rigid and straight, allowing for easy knitting; however, the two ends are
connected.

Flora MacDonald

Fact
The packaging mentions ,Flora Macdonald needles this is all I could find.
Flora MacDonald (Gaelic: Fionnghal NicDhòmhnaill) (1722 – March 4, 1790), Jacobite heroine,
was the daughter of Ranald MacDonald of Milton on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, and his wife Marion, the daughter of Angus MacDonald.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_MacDonald_(Scottish_Jacobite
I'm not sure of the link, but I researched her as best I could.
(let me know if you know)

On closer inspection the packet reads, with specially tapered point that will not injure your fingers. To Cute
Below she is Tilted "Catholic girl knitting" how this is known I'm unsure, but she was as close to 14th century as I could get.
History lesson over;-)

Graffiti knit up-date
Stripy crochet for project kulturfestivalen.

Late night crochet
Here is my Beaded-Graffiti so far, all eyes on me last night as I KIP'ed
Pub, Train, Tram and even the cinema before the darkness and the scary film set in, Drag you to hell! aptly named and what you get if you leave it all up to your husband to book. Luckily for me I had my denim jacket to cover my eyes as it was VERY SCARY.