Lovingly Crafted Antique Needlebook with Homespun Checked Fabric Cover antique spillikins as it is a tremendously

as it is a tremendously satisfying thing to hold in one's hand

The name of the species--in this case it looks to be "Russ dagueletti" is incised on the bottom of the piece

the largest island in the Arctic Archipelago and in the territory of Nunavut

) Even more than a new box of Crayola's

Lovingly Crafted Antique Needlebook with Homespun Checked Fabric Cover antique spillikins as it is a tremendouslyThis little needle book make have seen better days, but it's so sweet, and invested with such lovely details, I think well worth preserving. I really love the use of black line on the homespun red and white and black checked fabric that covers it, and then lovely pale yellow embroidery along the edges of the two lay inside end pages with fancy knots binding them together. The three pages for needles are wool, the largest center of them red with pretty