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The wire and board with handle thingy , was used for carding cotton. The cotton had to be carded before it was put on a spinning wheel to be spun into yarn.
My grandmother (1910-2001) had some of those old carding combs which belonged to her mother. She told me they were used to card cotton. We didn’t have much sheep or wool in the South. Carded cotton could be used for the padding inside homemade quilts. Scraps of fabric from old dresses and shirts were used to make quilts.
Some movie producers buy vintage clothing when making movies in the era of time gone by. Love the old lamp. Awesome finds. The farm keeps providing for sure. The carding paddles are very valuable. They are in very good condition.
The "frilly thing" is a lovely scarf. I'm wondering if it was worn with that white sweater. I can't believe how well that kept. "The Old Byrd Farm Provides" would be great on a t-shirt. Lot's of great suggestions in the other comments.
Hi Robert. Those paddles are for carding cotton or wool. It straightens out the fibers as you comb them back and forth until they mostly sit in line with each other. Then, you spin it into cotton or wool yarn or thread for weaving, crocheting, or knitting. We so enjoy your videos.
Always check the pockets, my Grandmother and Mother use to hide money in coats in the closet! Also jewelry! We are in the same crazy rain pattern here in central Fl also.
Those paddles are used on wool and cotton to separate fibers, then the fibers are spun on a spinning wheel - those are old! I have a set and a spinning wheel, from family, pre-date the Civil War. Fun discoveries! 👍👍❣Including socks. Very nice lamp, gives nice soft warm light.
Those moldy jackets would make great scarecrows! Also, old buttons off the dresses are collectible. And if the “hat box” is wooden, it might be an old cheese box.
I was 18 in 1972, just graduated from high school. A lot of vintage stores would love to have those clothes. They will buy it from you. Love and appreciate your channel, thank you for sharing. Take those metal drawers out and it will be a lot easier to move.😊
Someone may have already said this, but the round wood box you took off the top of the locker, was originally a cheese box. The big rounds of cheese came in them to the grocery stores and they cut them up and packaged them in small chunks.
That vintage fabric is really cool! It would make a great quilt. Some of those vintage clothes would fetch a nice price in an Atlanta vintage boutique!
The clothing from the locker is awesome from time periods behind us. If you don't want them perhaps an area museum of some sort would take them or maybe you could display them in one of the rooms in the house.
Museums use clothing, especially that had belonged to prominent local citizens in their displays. A univetsity ranching heritage museum loved my grandmother's black wool dress coat w/mink collar circa 1920.
Locker was probably the lady of the houses mending/quilting storage. Socks were easily mended for prolonged usage. I inherited my grandmothers old sewing cabinet from late 1890's, it has a treasure full of old sundries, including wooden inserts to darn socks and stockings.
Those are dressed from the 40’s. Vintage stores sell them for quite a bit of money. I have many still wearable pieces in my collection. Comfy and well made. :)
Awesome video and awesome finds!!! Definitely keep the metal cabinet! Check all the pockets in the all the clothes you find! I love vintage Material and as someone mentioned us women love those vintage buttons. Nothing worse than having wet socks and shoes glad the old Byrd house provided you with some dry ones!! Good luck Robert keep doing one thing at a time ❤🙏💪🏼
Friendly suggestion - You have a boatload of cinderblocks all over your place. Why don’t you employ some of them as temporary supports under those iffy floor joists while you’re clearing out those rooms? You don’t have to do all the joists at once. Just work your way front to back as you remove the clutter and maybe cut out the floor boards up the next joist then move the blocks to that one. No crawling under the house to do them and alleviates most of the worry of you and whatever you haven’t cleaned from the room falling through the floor on top of you. You should also look into getting a laser tape measure, too. Like an extra pair of hands only digital and seriously more accurate. Oh, and double check those loose fabric pieces. Could be linen. I have a couple of 110 year old made in Ireland linen table cloths I found in my house. Will not part with them for any price. Keep pushing. It’s hard dirty work, but you’ll get there and feel good about it when you look at the house and finally see it smiling at you.
@@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG What if you worked from the ground? Cut out the cleared floorboards then use a rake to pull the lightweight stuff to you. I just don't want to see a piece of furniture with human arms and legs protruding from it like one of Wiley Coyote's genius plots gone south, ya know?
So glad to hear you're having a quilt made with some of the fabrics and clothes! Started to suggest it before hearing you say that someone was going to make one. Hope to see it when it's finished! Love your videos!
The rectangular metal piece you tossed to the side, is a pants creaser. You put it through one pant leg and extend it so pant leg is taunt. Do the other leg with a second stretcher.
If you don't want the clothes, i am quite sure some vintage store or thrift store would love to have them. You could also if good items, sell them for good dollars! Keep em safe, like that white cardigan, its valuable! Good finds from the past Robert, i appreciate that you just don't rip it all out. Carefully going through stuff is respect in my mind. Thank you for sharing!
Cleanup continues on the old Byrd farm. Just keep chipping away at cleaning out the house, and you'll eventually get there. I had a clock like the one you found in the '70's.
Interesting finds. The weather socks, I know 😅The video reminds me of when I was doing some major cleaning of one of my houses way after my grandparents had passed away. That radio probably had the back made from plywood like material. The clock and the vintage camera are cool also they would make great display items at the Old Byrd Farm house. The metal cabinet is probably office or army cabinet🤔 so if you move it out of the house you could still use it as a tools cabinet or animals food storage cabinet... Im not sure that you can do much with many those old clothes though. Maybe keep the very good preserved ones...or use the bad ones to make a scarecrow...But better check all of the pockets, you already found a US Quarter😃
Doing great progress inside. An inch, a piece and a step at a time. You'll get there. We're all patient and love seeing what is hidden in the house. You have some nice old finds that are worth money.. maybe use to get money for that flooring. (Not the camera or clocks.. they will look great in the house). Good luck finding more hidden treasures. And stay safe.
By now you know the answer for those 2 paddles. As for the locker, hang on to it. You don’t find them anymore. Try to get it out of the rain if you can as it’s definitely gonna start to rust. It’s really cool. Never seen one with drawers. Love your floor lamp . Yes, it does make the room homey n cozy. ♥️😊👍👍🌟🌟🐶
They are always looking for vintage clothing for movies etc . Looks like some one was preparing to make a quilt so hope your friend can make up something awesome. Keep Safe ❤Keep Well❤
Those wool paddles are interesting cause I don't think they did wool in Georgia. So they must have come from somewhere else. Someone in the family must have been involved in the work a very long time ago. Hold on to them. That is a story there. Also, I thought I saw some cool out fabric that had red and white stripes? Like it was an old apron. Even if you don't use it it would look great as display hanging in an old kitchen. Some fabric can still be good after all these years. And the SOCKS are always handy for working and cleaning rags. Even in my days we never threw away old cloths because you never knew when it could be used or we needed to reuse buttons and zippers for new outfit. Vintage buttons can be valuable. Keep the looker for the new ol back porch!
the cone was from sewing thread. the old ones that were large sized were on cones. sometimes they would make decorations out of them. you never know exactly what you might find! the smaller ones were on wooden spools. they went with the sewing machine. you are making great progress Robert, keep up the great job.
They are carding combs, for wool, alpaca etc. First shear sheep, then pick thru the wool to get out sticks, poop, etc. Then soak the wool in cold water water with with Dawn. Be caresful to handle the wool minimally and don’t agitate it too much (or it will felt). Then lay it outside on a screen, or wore or even a sheet. Once the wool is dry, unless it needs to be washed again, you pull it into some long locks and apply to one side of the carder. Put it on the carder in. even an even, thin layer of strips. Hold one carder in each hand. Turn one around and comb 🎉he loaded rider evenly until most of the wool is on the other carder. Repeat until the wool is a nice, smooth even roving. This may be used for spinning, felting, weaving, or even lining quilts etc.
Some of the clothing you shared was very nice like the white sweater and the 2 coats that were hanging on the outside of the locker. You could sell the to a vintage clothing shop or used clothing shop. Dimes make dollars!
Well thank goodness Robert you noticed all that mess you need to go through! You nearly had 100’s of people to tell you to look over there! 🤦♀️😂🤣😁👋🏼☺️
Hi Robert, I suspect that what you have found in the locker is a bunch of items that were intended to be used to make quilts. Lots of quilters used to hoard up old, no-longer-serviceable items of clothing to cut into strips or blocks for pieced quilts. The scraps made filler to put between the decorative front and the plainer back then all three layers were quilted together. The two pieces of wood with metal teeth and handles are fibre combs, called carding combs. I only know them as being used to smooth and straighten out wool fibre for spinning yarn, but there's no reason I know of that they couldn't have been used to process cotton fibre to be spun into sewing thread.
We came by the house today...sat 6/24 but I didnt see your jeep. Came to say hi and buy some cucumbers. The sunflowers are looking good now. The rain these last couple of days has made everything grow. Maybe when I return from my Virginia assignment Ill try again.
Those other florals are just fabric they are scarves, very nice ones. Would be cool to take the camera to see if it can be fixed. 1972 the year my second child was born, Dick Tracy loved that comic. Love the style of those old dresses, they would be great for school drama class Those scrapers were used for seperating wool for making in to yarn or thread
I bought an 1890 home here in Indiana. First thing I did was throw out my level and improvised a lot. It will stand longer than me. Thanks for the videos!
I’d love to be on the list of candidates to make the quilt out of the fabrics you find. I think you probably will consider a local woman or women. But if I tease you and say that I will sew the whole thing on a treadle dated from the late 1800’s maybe that would influence your decision. You are doing well, Robert. One step at a time. Here in Virginia it has been raining for a solid week. Feeling your pain.
Oh and I agree the warm lighting from a lamp is very comforting. I’ve worked in healthcare for many years and I remember one of my patients family brought in a small lamp at bedside for my patient and it was the most comfy room in the building ❤️
There are antique clothing stores that might be interested in buying the clothes...after you wash them. Some of the cloth was a ladies head scarf. Our Grandmothers wore them. Fyi.
You’re sitting on a gold mine full of trash and treasures. I’m glad you’re going through it very slowly. Just think how many pockets have not checked, were there could be money
It's fun watching your channel. My sister and Mom. Watch with me. You remind us. Of the way. My late Dad was. He loved finding and going through old things. Of course,so do I. It just doesn't happen very often. We love watching your channel. ❤❤❤
I would be cool if someone could make a quilt with the Old Byrd Farm logo in the middle out of some of the clothes Get a mannequin and dress it in some of the vintage clothes and place them for display in the house. That locker is cool, good to keep.
@@danielulz1640 My early 60's home doesn't have ceiling fixtures, so I bought several vintage floor lamps to light my living room. Finding the inserts & right shades has been a grand adventure!
The carved box, is a "ball in a cage" a proud achievement for a whittler. They are more common today with several video tutorials explaining how it's done, not so common during the hay day of the old Byrd farm.
Those cards with the metal hooks are Flax Carders which could also be used for cotton. Used for getting fibers aligned prior to spooling into yarn of twisting into thread.
I recognized a bedspread like the one I had in my freshman dorm room …bright blue and green color blocks. It came from Sears or Penney’s, 1970. Some of that fabric looked like aprons which would be cool to hang on a peg in the future kitchen.
I really enjoy watching you work in the house. I am currently going thru boxes of items that belonged to my grandparents. It is fun to find those special items that stir memories.
I have a filing cabinet just like it and i use it in the garage to store sprinklers and fittings for the faucet such as splitters and styrofoam covers for the vents underneath the house to keep the freezing cold air from getting under the house in the winter here in Oregon. That filing cabinet is great for storage. Keep it
Fun fact: at 3:05 you toss a metal frame behind you; that's a jeans stretcher to dry pants without wrinkles and shrinkage. My Mom had a set in the early 70s for Levi's.
A couple of positive things about today for you, yes open a vintage shop and sell the clothing and just remember when its raining now it's not raining in the house anymore.
That would be perfect to store small garden equipment in and bags of fertilizer, etc. Spray paint it to match the house and it can look good. I use small file cabinets laid on their backs as planters after adding drainage holes and painting them. I fill them up partially with plastic bottles to take up space it lots of cut branches. I do the same with the drawers?
Carding combs for smoothing wool fibers before spinning into wool yarn. Uses sheep wool. It would be amazing if you found a spinning wheel or spinning thimbles.
The “frilly fabric” are scarves. They are most likely silk. The striped pink fabric looks like apron. Some of the dresses look like they are from the 40s. If you pan out on the radar you will see the clouds in entire eastern half of the U.S. is going in a counter clockwise rotation. It seems to be cause by the tropical storm in the Atlantic. I did the same thing when I first saw it. It is unusual. I have old clocks like the one you plugged in. They all still run well. Mine are from the 60s.
