This morning I was lucky enough to find a sizeable stash of old wooden Sylko cotton reels in the local charity shop. They were in a huge basket of cotton reels of all sorts and colours so I had a good dig through and picked out the eighteen that were wooden. I already had a few more squirreled away in a drawer at home so I've put them all together to list on ebay. I've sold a few collections of wooden reels in the past and they always seem to sell well so I'm hoping these will at least recoup me the £2.70 I spent buying them this morning - 15p per reel. I know how much sewing thread costs these days - and it's always on nasty plastic reels - so these vintage ones were a huge bargain.
The names of the colours are so well thought out too - Seal Brown, Army Khaki, Beech Brown, Dark Lovebird, Bright Violet - wonderfully evocative names that really capture the essence of their colour. So much nicer than the plain boring numbers on cotton reels nowadays.
15p? !!!! bargain. Good luck with flogging them on ebay. I'm too scared to list at the moment in case the weirdos are lying in wait.
Posted by: sharie | 11/25/2010 at 05:46 PM