Presents!

It's not my birthday yet, but my mother-in-law gave me early birthday and holiday presents over Thanksgiving (and chocolate cupcakes with a candle in them)! On the left we have the hand-made, specially commissioned Wool Drying Basket. As my wool is all dry at the moment, it's been pressed into immediate Wool Holding service and is doing an outstanding job in a previously cluttered corner of my desk. On the right is the antique silver thimble originally belonging to my mother-in-law's mother. It seems to be an old-fashioned strickfingerhut, but that's just a guess; if anyone knows better, please tell me! It was apparently made by "De Long," patented in 1926. Thanks again, Jean!