Yarn Winder Niddy Noddy Whimsey in a Bottle bat vessel brass wire beautifully wraps both

brass wire beautifully wraps both the horizontally running bristles that form the handle and attached bunches of bristles that hang down perpendicularly

and I can't resist snatching them up when I find them

but this is one I would wear all of the time--on a lapel

without a flaw that I can see

Yarn Winder Niddy Noddy Whimsey in a Bottle bat vessel brass wire beautifully wraps bothSince finding one of these amazing old "yarn winder" whimsies in a bottle at Brimfield last summer, I've been on the lookout, and this is only the second one I've come across. (I quickly discovered they are quite the coveted objects.) And this is quite a nice one I think. The hand carved stopper turns the winder inside, but is forever kept from pulling out by a carved wooden arm that extends across just below the neck of the bottle. The four arm