Needles and Needle Cases

A question arose tonight about Viking Age needle cases and metal needles that sent me searching for answers. I had lots of images of bone needles and a couple of bone needle cases, but no metal needles. After a bit of searching, I came across The Reverend’s Big Blog of Leather here on WordPress. It isn’t quite a perfect match with my interests, but he has been doing skeletal materials research and that is worth noting. I really enjoyed his post about the skeletal materials at the National Museum of Scotland, which has lovely photos of things I have only seen as drawings, and two photos with metal needles and bone needle cases that fit into the Viking Age. The Reverend’s Big Blog of Leather

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