Nowadays, people have no idea what it is, but do you remember?

Technology seems to make our lives easier minute by minute, making the tricks of the past increasingly obsolete. Everything changes.

This leaves some “technologies” of the past as a vague memory, with future generations completely unable to guess what some of these things we once cherished were. These little “tokens” are a typical example.

But do you know what they were used for?
In fact, they are “thread grommets”, which were a staple in every home.

Do you remember when little girls were learning to sew? These little objects were very useful to help thread the thread through the eye of the needle.

Every sewing kit had one, along with a needle, tape measure, scissors, pins and a pin holder.

I remember my mother teaching me how to use them, although I can’t say I was particularly efficient with them. How about you?

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