Toy Knitting Outfit

Bradley's 

Toy Knitting Outfit

Milton Bradley Co.

Springfield, Mass.  U. S. A.

Milton Bradley, born in 1836 in Vienna, Maine,

was first interested in lithography as a teenager.

By 1860 he had founded the Milton Bradley

Company and the first color lithography shop

in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Apart from games,  Bradley was

interested in children's education and

learning through play,

and the company also produced

materials for kindergarten children.

One such item was the Toy Knitting

Outfit. 

This is box numbered 4348 and is found in

the "Bradley's School Materials and

Books" catalog dated 1921.

Front and back cover shown

below,

Here is the page where it is found - and

another two sets are also mentioned here,

numbers 4195 and 4312.

Next we see the inside of the box (4348).

Oddly, I also have another set by Bradley which

is number 4200 (below). I am only guessing here but

this set could have possibly been made for the

general public. Inside, it has the larger 

spoolknitter which is also mentioned in the number

4195 set above.

This particular box has two of these - was

this set meant to have two? ... it is possible

as it could have been for sharing with a

brother or sister.

(The wooden spool with nails has been added

sometime later.)

So these sets are from the very early 1900's and

that makes them practically 100 years old!

I am so grateful to whoever took care of these sets

 that they remained in great condition.

(Bibliography -

Encyclopedia of Children's

Sewing Collectibles by 

Darlene J. Gengelbach - totally

recommend this book, I love it!)

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Little Mermaids

New Knitting Dolls

These little Mermaid knitting dolls are

as cute as can be.

There are six to the set each

one's hair different from the other.

They have little sparkle dots on

their bases in various colours.

They are newly released here

in Australia, and as far

as I can tell, very limited at present.

They should be more easily available

over the next 12 months.

These are made by Sailing Toys and Gifts Co. Ltd.,

exclusively for Sparkle T -

Made in China.

Curiously, instead of different coloured small balls of

yarn, they have included thin satin ribbon.

The loop tool has a fashioned hook on

its end.

When I find more available, I will

let you know.

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Yahoo Spoolknitter Competition

Yahoo Spoolknitter

Christmas Character/Doll Competition

The Yahoo Spoolknitter group are having their

last competition for the year and the

prize for the winner is a

fabulous Bracelet Jewelry 

Spool Knitting Kit

which is very

generously donated by our

wire spoolknitter extraordinaire -

Sharon Hessoun

... author of ...

Wire Knitting on a Spool.

Do check out her website -

Beadecked and Beaddicted Online

 

Should you wish to

enter, you must become a

member of our spoolknitter group

on Yahoo - link in right hand column

of this blog.

The photo above shows
  all that the lucky winner

will receive and it

also includes the CD of Sharon's book -

Wire Knitting ... on a Spool.

Once you have joined us, all of the

details for the competition will be found

in our Files section.

Competition closes midnight December 2nd!

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