Beautiful Antique Pennsylvania Amish Sewing Ball (with a bit of darned repair, too) childrens bowls make it quite a challenge

make it quite a challenge to knock down

I believe our Willis likely lived on a farm in Port Jefferson in Suffolk County

down to chatelaine hanging down from her waist

There is one carved out side at the bottom

in those perfectly inked little letters

Beautiful Antique Pennsylvania Amish Sewing Ball (with a bit of darned repair, too) childrens bowls make it quite a challengeI've been eying old Pennsylvania "Amish" folk art yarn balls like this for quite some time, but this is the first one I've purchased, a nice old one, found in Lancaster county, which is likely where it was made. Functional as pin cushions, there were many variations of these made, but I think it is the ones with "gods eye" type thread work that are the most special, and this one is unusual for the combination of that with exposed knitwork underneath