Needle & Thread
This small metal sewing tool has a pointed end and an eye for thread.
What is a needle?
This process preserves food by heating and sealing it in glass jars.
What is canning?
Clothes were scrubbed by hand against the ridged surface of this board.
What is a washboard?
This flowing style of joined handwriting is taught with connected letters.
What is cursive?
This familiar tool drives nails into wood.
What is a hammer?
This cylinder rolls dough into a flat sheet.
What is a rolling pin?
Thread is commonly wound around this small cylinder.
What is a spool?
This flat metal disk fits beneath the screw band on a canning jar.
What is a canning lid?
These two rollers squeezed water from freshly washed clothing.
What is a wringer?
This pen holds liquid ink in a refillable reservoir or cartridge.
What is a fountain pen?
A centered bubble in this tool shows that a surface is horizontal.
What is a level?
Turning the handle on this tool aerates flour and removes lumps.
What is a flour sifter?
This little tool with a hooked blade removes unwanted stitches.
What is a seam ripper?
Fruit cooked with sugar becomes this sweet spread.
What is jam?
This cleaning product was often shaved from a bar into the wash water.
What is laundry soap?
This absorbent paper removed excess ink before it smeared.
What is blotting paper?
This pointed hand tool makes starter holes in leather or wood.
What is an awl?
Cream was worked in this container until it became butter.
What is a butter churn?
This folded and sewn edge keeps fabric from unraveling.
What is a hem?
Cucumbers preserved in vinegar or brine become these.
What are pickles?
A small amount of this blue coloring was added to white laundry to counteract yellowing.
What is bluing?
This keyed machine printed letters by striking an inked ribbon.
What is a typewriter?
This stone is used to sharpen knives and other blades.
What is a whetstone?
This table-mounted hand-crank device turned meat into a ground mixture.
What is a meat grinder?
This warm bed covering is made by stitching together layers, often with a patchwork top.
What is a quilt?
Fermenting shredded cabbage produces this tangy food.
What is sauerkraut?
These small clips fasten wet laundry to a line.
What are clothespins?
A duplicate made with a dark coated sheet was called this.
What is a carbon copy?
This old hand drill has a U-shaped crank and holds a cutting bit.
What is a brace and bit?
This bowl and club-shaped tool crush herbs and spices.
What are a mortar and pestle?
This round frame holds fabric tight while decorative stitches are added.
What is an embroidery hoop?
This preservation method removes moisture from fruit, vegetables, or meat.
What is dehydration or drying?
Moistening dry clothes with water before ironing was known by this simple name.
What is sprinkling?
Secretaries once used this system of symbols to take rapid notes.
What is shorthand?
Carpenters once unfolded this jointed measuring tool one section at a time.
What is a folding rule?
Pickles and other foods were often stored in this heavy stoneware container.
What is a crock?
These long, loose temporary stitches hold fabric in place before permanent sewing.
What are basting stitches?
Older jelly makers sometimes sealed the top of a jar with this wax.
What is paraffin wax?
This heavy solid iron was heated on a stove before it was used to press clothing.
What is a flatiron or sad iron?
This rotating file held names and phone numbers on removable cards.
What is a Rolodex?
This hand tool shaves thin curls from wood to smooth or shape it.
What is a hand plane?
This heavy lidded pot could cook over coals or an open fire.
What is a Dutch oven?
Unlike knitting, this yarn craft forms interlocking loops with one hooked tool.
What is crochet?
Low-acid foods such as vegetables and meat require this special canner for safe home canning.
What is a pressure canner?
This large metal vessel was used to boil heavily soiled clothes.
What is a wash boiler?
Schools and offices used this hand-cranked stencil machine to make many copies before photocopiers.
What is a mimeograph?
This strong woodworking joint uses interlocking wedge-shaped pins and tails.
What is a dovetail joint?
This wood-burning kitchen appliance had an oven and removable round plates on top.
What is a cookstove or wood stove?