Mystery item identification?

[JohnC]

I bought this for 50p at a vintage fair today..
Its plastic, no visible name or writing/marking. The top plate is scratched in a radial pattern.
The knob at the bottom turns making the steel spines round the edge pop out or retract. When retracted the spines are flush with the edge.
I think its some kind of sewing kit device..
Any information would be gratefully received..

 

[birchwood]

I have not seen one with spikes but usually the mushroom shaped thingos are for darning woolly socks.

 

[Fadcode]

Darning or possibly lace making

 

[Fadcode]

Is it a Brexit Calculator, one minute your out, then a quick twist and your back in.

 

[JohnC]

I have not seen one with spikes but usually the mushroom shaped thingos are for darning woolly socks.

I wondered if the spikes were to hold the sock in place,

 

[Fadcode]

Wouldn't the spikes put holes in the socks, as you were fixing the other holes, .....lol....you could be there forever.
Do the spikes hold their position half way out, I was thinking could it be for measuring the inside of a cylinder etc.

 

[Nice65]

The spikes might be for tensioning,say inside the sleeve of a sock?

 

[Janne]

Looks like a modern version of a medieval correction devise.

I think I saw something similar in the Torture Museum in Rothenburg o.d. Tauber.

 

[JohnC]

Wouldn't the spikes put holes in the socks, as you were fixing the other holes, .....lol....you could be there forever.
Do the spikes hold their position half way out, I was thinking could it be for measuring the inside of a cylinder etc.

Theres no measurement on it and while they hold in place they dont lock..

 

[Nice65]

Are they all off centre when they extend?

 

[snappingturtle]

Net repair holder thing? key to the ark of the covenant?

 

[JohnC]

Are they all off centre when they extend?

Yep they go out straight then all slope at an angle, no wiggle in them, quite sturdy.

 

[Fadcode]

It's the key to the meaning of life, only we don't know what it means...................
its probably some part of a toy, 12 spikes each 30 degrees apart,
it is very intriguing,

 

[Toddy]

It's a daisy loom. Yarn is wrapped in a design across the disc and around each peg. Then the centre is stitched/knotted/woven, the pins are retracted and the daisy comes off tidily. It used to be used instead of crocheting them to make pram blankets and the like.

This is a posh brass version....

 

[Fadcode]

It's a daisy loom. Yarn is wrapped in a design across the disc and around each peg. Then the centre is stitched/knotted/woven, the pins are retracted and the daisy comes off tidily. It used to be used instead of crocheting them to make pram blankets and the like.

This is a posh brass version....

Spoilsport.......................lol.....................Research and Development Dept now closed.

 

[Fadcode]

And when you start using it we are all looking forward to seeing the daisies you make, and we promise not to laugh................lol

 

[Toddy]

Spoilsport.......................lol.....................Research and Development Dept now closed.

I'm sure that inventive minds can find another use for it

It'd make a tidy start to a ferreting purse net.....or a snood for long hair, or a collecting bag, or ????

 

[Fadcode]

A very useful Item indeed.

 

[JohnC]

That's great Mary! and thanks for the link... I may well give that a go...