Beautiful Antique Pennsylvania Amish Sewing Ball (with a bit of darned repair, too) brown tree appearing more disposed to taking

appearing more disposed to taking a swim than taking a punch

woman: 3" across x 1/2" tall (with flat footed bottom

for having saved our subject while she was in the hands of the doctor

very very dear

1880s-90s) with portraits of several individuals who were

Beautiful Antique Pennsylvania Amish Sewing Ball (with a bit of darned repair, too) brown tree appearing more disposed to takingI've been eying old Pennsylvania "Amish" folk art yarn balls like this for quite some time, but this is the first one I've purchased, a nice old one, found in Lancaster county, which is likely where it was made. Functional as pin cushions, there were many variations of these made, but I think it is the ones with "gods eye" type thread work that are the most special, and this one is unusual for the combination of that with exposed knitwork underneath