Wooden Knitting guard which reportedly belonged to Burns' Mother
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Key details
- Object number
- 3.4543
- Date
- 1770 to 1799
- On display
- No
- Object number
- 3.4543
- Date
- 1770 to 1799
- On display
- No
Description
Wooden Knitting guard which reportedly belonged to Burns' Mother. Included alongside of this is a certificate to Knitting guard's authenticity.
Knitting guards are tool which was used by knitters to keep the wool and needles in position, when work stopped on a garment under construction. This knitting guard is said to have belonged to Agnes Broun, who was mother of the poet Robert Burns.