Hi Arachnids!
I haven't been following this thread closely, but all the discussion on this finally prompted me to take a look at the thingy. It looks to me like it could be a drop spindle for hand spinning. The reason I suggest is that I have spindle that has a notch thingy like that at the top -- can anyone rule that in or out as plausible ? Interesting, in any event.... Regards, Ricki in Utah, where we've got lots of yellow leaves, cloudy skies, and a promise of rain. ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]