Isle of Wight / NeedlesIsle of Wight: The Needles
Can Openers, Skewers EtcCan openers, sharpening steels, cutlet bats/beaters, larding pins, trussing needles, hatchet, skewers and steak tongs
Tools used by a saddler and upholstererVarious tools used by a saddler and upholsterer, including pliers, pincers, skewers, needles and a knife
Patons knitting wools advertisement, WW1 comfortsAdvertisement 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
The Pain-Proof Man & Captain Ringman Jack - Ripley sArthur Plumhoff The Human Pincushion - The Pain-Proof Man (left) and Captain Ringman Jack, who lifted weights through holes through his breasts
A Shetland Peat CarrierA 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
Ferry boat on the Colorado river at Needles, California
The Needles, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, EnglandFine aerial view of The Needles Rocks and lighthouse, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Date: circa 1920s
RMS Carnarvon Castle Passing the Needles, 1927Illustration of the Union-Castle Line Royal Mail Motorship Carnarvon Castle passing the Needles, Isle of Wight, on its way to South Africa
Cartoon by Charles AddamsA 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
Superior Dorcas Sewing Needles packet, W Clarke & Sons, Mount Pleasant Mills, Redditch
Darners, The Flora MacDonald Needle Packet
Condor Nickel Plated Crewel Needles, packet design
Patent Burnished Egg Eyed Darning Needles packet, manufactured by W Hall & Co, Studley
1840s Victorian Map of 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
Four Peculiar properties of the Isle of Wight, HampshireFour 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
WW2 - Knitting for the Merchant SeamenWW2 - Home Front - A lovely photograph of 78 year-old Isabella Ottilie Simpkins of Whitstable, Kent - knitting for the Merchant Seamen Date: circa 1941
The Needles, Horsham, InteriorA photograph of a furnished small interior room with chunky exposed beams, belonging to a Tudor style cottage named The Needles at Horsham
Lychgate Of The Needles, HorshamA photograph of a stone roofed lychgate giving entrance to The Needles a property at Horsham, restored from an ancient farm house. Date: circa 1929
A Girl Knitting, by Philippe MercierA Girl Knitting by German-French Huguenot artist Philippe Mercier Date: 1724
Stealing wool to Fly a Kite, Henry cartoon by Carl Anderson Date: 1936
Sewing Susan Needles and ThreaderSewing Susan, 49 silver eye needles with threader Date: circa 1950
RAF Supermarine Southampton Mk II Flying Boat over the Needles, Isle of Wight Date: 1938
Spanish Civil War poster, For the brothers on the frontSpanish Civil War poster in Catalan, For the brothers on the front -- Women! Work. PSU, UGT. Designed by Carles Fontsere. 1936
Thomas Samuel & Sons British needle Mills in Redditch, Worcestershire. Men making spring steel needles and fish hooks. Date: 1862
Alum Bay and The Needles, Isle of Wight by W.W. Quatremain
The Needles, Isle of Wight by Terry Whitworth
The Needles and Alum Bay Isle of Wight LandscapeThe, Needles, and, Alum, Bay, Isle, of, Wight, Landscape, scene, England, Watercolour, painting, Charles, Bool, 12021785
Alum Bay Isle of Wight, England19th 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
Using a sewing machine to attach a lacy edging. Date: circa 1940
Sewing items, including needles, pins, scissors and threadSewing items: needles, pins, scissors, thread, chalk, thimble and tape measure. Date: circa 1940
Helena and Hermia - female friendship in ShakespeareHelena 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
Process at British Needle Mills, Redditch, WorcestershireProcess at the British Needle Mills, Redditch, Worcestershire -- three images showing how the threading hole is stamped into the needles. Date: 1843
Scene at British Needle Mills, Redditch, WorcestershireScene at the British Needle Mills, Redditch, Worcestershire -- needle pointer at work. Date: 1843
Ginger cat with knitting on a postcard. Date: circa 1890s
The Needles, Isle of Wight. circa 1880
KNITTING BOFFINA bespectacled boffin attempts a spot of knitting, without much success! Date: 1930s
DUTCH NEEDLEMAKERSMaking pins and needles in a Dutch workshop Date: 17th century
Itinerant doorstep peddlar / seller of accoutrement for sewingItinerant doorstep peddlar/seller of accoutrement for sewing. Date: 1920s
Alum Bay & The Needles. Artwork by W. W. Quatremain. Isle of Wight recipe book
WW1 knitting - comic postcard, Naughty NettaNaughty 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
Woman knitting with six foot needles and very thick wool. Date: circa 1980s
Dalecarlian peasant girl, SwedenDalecarlian peasant girl knitting, Dalecarlia (Dalarna), Sweden. 1883
Port St Johns, Eastern Cape Province, South AfricaNeedles Hotel, Port St Johns, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1908
Needles to mend fishing nets. 12th-13th centuries. LatviaFishing tools. 12th-13th centuries. Needles to mend fishing nets. Museum of history and navigation. Riga. Latvia
Pin Maker 1827A woman uses a foot pedal to operate pin making machinery. Date: 1827
Mojave MazeMystic maze of the native American Mojave people, laid out with stones on the desert floor near Needles, California Date: 1923