This was a 'by chance' item on e-Bay. I happened to look in on a sellers other items. We have had a discussion of pinkers on the List before. There seem to be some modern repros of tools that will "pink" out there but they do not seem to be as convenient as this old 19th C. tool proves to be.
Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michaela Feudtner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 4:00 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] book > Dear Kathleen, > > Where did you get this pinker? I would love to buy one... > > Thanks, > Michaela > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lloyd Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "H-Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 8:19 PM > Subject: [h-cost] book > > > Hi all, I just got my copy of "Petite Dames du Mode" and it is all I had > hoped for. It sure is inspiring for attempts of replication of by gone > fashion. > > Also, my small crank pinker is Wonderful. It is about the size of a meat > grinder that screws on to the table. There is a thumbnail guide re the > spacing of the fabric being pinked. This helps the fabric to self feed as > you crank...in the like manner of the early sewing machines. I prepared > strips of fabric the other eve to be rusched and ran about 4 yards through > the pinker in about 2 min. The fabric I was using was a very soft Egyptian > cotton. The edges are somewhat feathery but uniform. Using a stiffer > textile, I got the sharp zigzag one would expect. > > Martha Washington's Robe Anglais is looking very spiffy. > Kathleen > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
