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Filed Under (Knitting) by jennyk on 27-02-2005

A few friends were chatting about swifts on AIM last night, and I mentioned my charity shop find, a folding mini-swift called the Aero Wool Winder. In the hope that some blog-readers might be interested, Rys helped me take some pictures of it today. Judging by the picture in the leaflet, I’d say it was made in the 1940s, or perhaps early 1950s:

mini-swift.jpg

It fits into a box 10″ x 2.7″ x 1.3″ (25.4 x 7 x 3.3 cm):

mini-swift box.jpg
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