What’s This Small Marble-Like Object That Caught People’s Attention?

plain wooden ones, glass ones that looked like something from your curio cabinet. Smoothness was the important part, not the exact material. The smoother the surface, the easier it was to darn without snagging. Some were even decorated, which makes sense since you were going to be staring at the thing for an hour while stitching.

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Still Around Today
Now, you would think this kind of tool would have completely disappeared once cheap socks came about, but nope. They still exist. They are still used. There’s this whole little subcultural group of people who like the idea