Doti from DotisSpot.etsy.com sent me a copy of the newsletter Craft Daily which sent me to Craftzine.com which sent me to Craft Leftovers that featured a free pattern: Elda’s Knit Pin Cushion. While it is not exactly like my grandmother’s, it does give us another clue into how my grandmother’s pin cushion may have been made…
Elda's Knit Pin Cushion
I love pincushions and have never seen a knitted one before. I love the one your grandma had! I’m not surprised there were few pins. I’m always throwing pins away as they become dull. And I also wonder if the corsage pins could have been hat pins?
I’ve always thought that hat pins were quite long–like 12 inches long. These corsage pins are about 5 inches long and look like the ones I had when I used to still get corsages. Do women even still wear corsages?