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Needles Collection

Background imageNeedles Collection: Isle of Wight / Needles

Isle of Wight / Needles
Isle of Wight: The Needles

Background imageNeedles Collection: Can Openers, Skewers Etc

Can Openers, Skewers Etc
Can openers, sharpening steels, cutlet bats/beaters, larding pins, trussing needles, hatchet, skewers and steak tongs

Background imageNeedles Collection: Tools used by a saddler and upholsterer

Tools used by a saddler and upholsterer
Various tools used by a saddler and upholsterer, including pliers, pincers, skewers, needles and a knife

Background imageNeedles Collection: Patons knitting wools advertisement, WW1 comforts

Patons knitting wools advertisement, WW1 comforts
Advertisement for Patons Alloa knitting wools during the First World War featuring a Red Cross nurse busy knitting and the words, Every Woman Can Help. Date: c.1915

Background imageNeedles Collection: The Needles, Horsham, Interior

The Needles, Horsham, Interior
A photograph of a furnished small interior room with chunky exposed beams, belonging to a Tudor style cottage named The Needles at Horsham

Background imageNeedles Collection: Lychgate Of The Needles, Horsham

Lychgate Of The Needles, Horsham
A photograph of a stone roofed lychgate giving entrance to The Needles a property at Horsham, restored from an ancient farm house. Date: circa 1929

Background imageNeedles Collection: The Pain-Proof Man & Captain Ringman Jack - Ripley s

The Pain-Proof Man & Captain Ringman Jack - Ripley s
Arthur Plumhoff The Human Pincushion - The Pain-Proof Man (left) and Captain Ringman Jack, who lifted weights through holes through his breasts

Background imageNeedles Collection: The Needles, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England

The Needles, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Fine aerial view of The Needles Rocks and lighthouse, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Date: circa 1920s

Background imageNeedles Collection: A Shetland Peat Carrier

A Shetland Peat Carrier
A Woman of the Shetland Islands carring turves of peat in a wicker back pack basket. She does her knitting whilst she walks (possible some distance). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageNeedles Collection: Ferry boat on the Colorado river at Needles, California

Ferry boat on the Colorado river at Needles, California

Background imageNeedles Collection: RMS Carnarvon Castle Passing the Needles, 1927

RMS Carnarvon Castle Passing the Needles, 1927
Illustration of the Union-Castle Line Royal Mail Motorship Carnarvon Castle passing the Needles, Isle of Wight, on its way to South Africa

Background imageNeedles Collection: Cartoon by Charles Addams

Cartoon by Charles Addams
A group of passengers on the New York subway look in alarm at the growing garment appearing from the knitting needles of one old lady - a sweater with two neck holes. Date: 1955

Background imageNeedles Collection: Superior Dorcas Sewing Needles packet

Superior Dorcas Sewing Needles packet, W Clarke & Sons, Mount Pleasant Mills, Redditch

Background imageNeedles Collection: Darners, The Flora MacDonald Needle Packet

Darners, The Flora MacDonald Needle Packet

Background imageNeedles Collection: Condor Nickel Plated Crewel Needles, packet design

Condor Nickel Plated Crewel Needles, packet design

Background imageNeedles Collection: Patent Burnished Egg Eyed Darning Needles packet

Patent Burnished Egg Eyed Darning Needles packet, manufactured by W Hall & Co, Studley

Background imageNeedles Collection: 1840s Victorian Map of Isle Of Wight

1840s Victorian Map of Isle Of Wight

Background imageNeedles Collection: The Needles, Alum Bay, Isle of Wight

The Needles, Alum Bay, Isle of Wight - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Background imageNeedles Collection: Four Peculiar properties of the Isle of Wight, Hampshire

Four Peculiar properties of the Isle of Wight, Hampshire
Four Peculiar Properties of the Isle of Wight, Hampshire. New-port (You cannot bottle) - Freshwater (you cannot drink) - Cowes (you cannot milk) - Needles (You cannot thread) Date: 1909

Background imageNeedles Collection: WW2 - Knitting for the Merchant Seamen

WW2 - Knitting for the Merchant Seamen
WW2 - Home Front - A lovely photograph of 78 year-old Isabella Ottilie Simpkins of Whitstable, Kent - knitting for the Merchant Seamen Date: circa 1941

Background imageNeedles Collection: A Girl Knitting, by Philippe Mercier

A Girl Knitting, by Philippe Mercier
A Girl Knitting by German-French Huguenot artist Philippe Mercier Date: 1724

Background imageNeedles Collection: Stealing wool to Fly a Kite, Henry cartoon

Stealing wool to Fly a Kite, Henry cartoon by Carl Anderson Date: 1936

Background imageNeedles Collection: Sewing Susan Needles and Threader

Sewing Susan Needles and Threader
Sewing Susan, 49 silver eye needles with threader Date: circa 1950

Background imageNeedles Collection: RAF Supermarine Southampton Mk II Flying Boat

RAF Supermarine Southampton Mk II Flying Boat over the Needles, Isle of Wight Date: 1938

Background imageNeedles Collection: Spanish Civil War poster, For the brothers on the front

Spanish Civil War poster, For the brothers on the front
Spanish Civil War poster in Catalan, For the brothers on the front -- Women! Work. PSU, UGT. Designed by Carles Fontsere. 1936

Background imageNeedles Collection: Thomas Samuel & Sons British needle Mills in Redditch, Worcestershire

Thomas Samuel & Sons British needle Mills in Redditch, Worcestershire. Men making spring steel needles and fish hooks. Date: 1862

Background imageNeedles Collection: Alum Bay and The Needles, Isle of Wight

Alum Bay and The Needles, Isle of Wight by W.W. Quatremain

Background imageNeedles Collection: The Needles, Isle of Wight

The Needles, Isle of Wight by Terry Whitworth

Background imageNeedles Collection: The Needles and Alum Bay Isle of Wight Landscape

The Needles and Alum Bay Isle of Wight Landscape
The, Needles, and, Alum, Bay, Isle, of, Wight, Landscape, scene, England, Watercolour, painting, Charles, Bool, 12021785

Background imageNeedles Collection: Alum Bay Isle of Wight, England

Alum Bay Isle of Wight, England
19th century vintage photograph: Alum Bay is a bay near the westernmost point of the Isle of Wight, England, within close sight of the Needles rock formation

Background imageNeedles Collection: Using a sewing machine to attach a lacy edging

Using a sewing machine to attach a lacy edging. Date: circa 1940

Background imageNeedles Collection: Sewing items, including needles, pins, scissors and thread

Sewing items, including needles, pins, scissors and thread
Sewing items: needles, pins, scissors, thread, chalk, thimble and tape measure. Date: circa 1940

Background imageNeedles Collection: Helena and Hermia - female friendship in Shakespeare

Helena and Hermia - female friendship in Shakespeare
Helena and Hermia sit sewing together, created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion - an example of female friendship in Shakespeare (A Midsummer Nights Dream). Date: 1841

Background imageNeedles Collection: Process at British Needle Mills, Redditch, Worcestershire

Process at British Needle Mills, Redditch, Worcestershire
Process at the British Needle Mills, Redditch, Worcestershire -- three images showing how the threading hole is stamped into the needles. Date: 1843

Background imageNeedles Collection: Scene at British Needle Mills, Redditch, Worcestershire

Scene at British Needle Mills, Redditch, Worcestershire
Scene at the British Needle Mills, Redditch, Worcestershire -- needle pointer at work. Date: 1843

Background imageNeedles Collection: Ginger cat with knitting on a postcard

Ginger cat with knitting on a postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageNeedles Collection: The Needles, Isle of Wight

The Needles, Isle of Wight. circa 1880

Background imageNeedles Collection: KNITTING BOFFIN

KNITTING BOFFIN
A bespectacled boffin attempts a spot of knitting, without much success! Date: 1930s

Background imageNeedles Collection: DUTCH NEEDLEMAKERS

DUTCH NEEDLEMAKERS
Making pins and needles in a Dutch workshop Date: 17th century

Background imageNeedles Collection: Itinerant doorstep peddlar / seller of accoutrement for sewing

Itinerant doorstep peddlar / seller of accoutrement for sewing
Itinerant doorstep peddlar/seller of accoutrement for sewing. Date: 1920s

Background imageNeedles Collection: Alum Bay & The Needles

Alum Bay & The Needles. Artwork by W. W. Quatremain. Isle of Wight recipe book

Background imageNeedles Collection: Two nuns in Eastbourne, Sussex

Two nuns in Eastbourne, Sussex - one of them is knitting. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageNeedles Collection: What to Knit for Baby - childrens knitting book

What to Knit for Baby - childrens knitting book
Charming illustration on the front cover of a knitting book published by Scotch Wool and Hosiery Stores. Date: c.1930

Background imageNeedles Collection: WW1 knitting - comic postcard, Naughty Netta

WW1 knitting - comic postcard, Naughty Netta
Naughty Nettas Knitting Knickers for the Seat of War. Humorous postcard inspired by the national effort of knitting comforts for soldiers during the First World War

Background imageNeedles Collection: Avro Shackleton MR3 WR971 overflying the Needles

Avro Shackleton MR3 WR971 overflying the Needles
Avro Shackleton MR3, WR971, overflying the Needles

Background imageNeedles Collection: Woman knitting with six foot needles

Woman knitting with six foot needles and very thick wool. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageNeedles Collection: Dalecarlian peasant girl, Sweden

Dalecarlian peasant girl, Sweden
Dalecarlian peasant girl knitting, Dalecarlia (Dalarna), Sweden. 1883

Background imageNeedles Collection: Port St Johns, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Port St Johns, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Needles Hotel, Port St Johns, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1908



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