The Swedish Lace Guild sells at least two kinds of roller pillows. One
is as you describe, and has a stationery apron. The Christina has a
rotating apron, in addition to the roller. Each Christina has a metal
plate attached behind the roller which identifies it as a Christina, and
gives the number.
It sounds like your pillow looks like the one at the bottom of this
page: http://www.svenskaspetsar.se/sv/category/134/knyppeldyna. These
Swedish pillows are wonderful!
The Christina looks like the one at the top of this page:
http://www.svenskaspetsar.se/sv/category/133/christinadyna
If you click on the words, "Forstora bilden" below the picture, you will
see an enlarged picture, and the metal tag on the Christina is very
visable. You can also see the stationery center of the pillow, around
which the outer apron rotates smoothly.
Clay
On 4/18/2010 1:00 PM, Sally Schoenberg wrote:
I believe I have a Christina. I got it in 1987. Where is the number
located? I don't think I've ever noticed a number.
In 1987 I was in a weaving supply store in Anchorage, Alaska, perusing a
bobbin lace book. The owner of the store, Kay, asked me if I wanted to learn
to make bobbin lace and I said yes! She said she would get me a pillow,
bobbins, pins, thread and a book. She said she knew exactly what I needed. I
don't remember the cost. I didn't think it outrageous, I do remember that much
and no, Kay did not show me a photo of what I was getting. A couple months
went by, and then I got a telephone call, my things had arrived. When I
picked them up, that was my first glimpse of my gorgeous swedish roller pillow
made entirely out of wood, stuffed hard with straw of some kind, and covered
with dark green twill fabric.
Sally
Clay writes>
I would also like to know who on this list owns a Christina (or knows
someone off-list who does...) I'd like to know the number on your
Christina. My friend's pillow has a number in the upper 4,000s, and
that suggests that there are still a lot of those pillows out there!
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