US1386264A - Yarn-holder - Google Patents

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M. LEVY.

YARN HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED. MAR. 4.1920- Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

,4 TTOR/VEY UNITED STATES MAX LEVY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

YARN-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

Application filed. March 4, 1920. Serial No. 363,262.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MAX LEVY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Yarn-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a thread or yarn holder for knitting and crocheting.

In knitting or crocheting the operator usually winds a part of the yarn over one finger, partly for the purpose of keeping the yarn under suitable tension and partly to facilitate its feed to the work. As the yarn is wound about and pulled over the finger it produces considerable friction, not infrequently causing discomfort and at times injury to the operator.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a yarn holder or guide by means of which the yarn may be kept out of contact with the finger and still held under suitable tension to facilitate the knitting or crocheting operation. i

I have illustrated the preferred form of my invention in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a human hand with the device applied to the small finger thereof, and Fig. 2 is an elevational View of the yarn holder removed from the finger.

The yarn holder 10 is of spiral or helical form so as to readily encircle a finger, and is preferably made of spring metal to allow of adjustment for fingers of Various sizes. The helix is formed of what may be termed open tubing, being of a form to inclose the yarn 11 but slit at 12 either at intervals or throughout its length. The purpose of the on any finger to which the operator desires t o apply it. Owing to the springy or resihent character of the device it may be placed on fingers varying considerably in thickness, and for the same reason the de-' vice, when once applied, may be more or less tightly pressed about the finger.

I claim 1. A yarn holder, comprising a helix of open tubing, each coil of the helix being adapted to yieldingly directly engage a human finger whereby said yarn holder is capable of being held without locking means on fingers differing in thickness.

2. A yarn holder, comprising a spring metal helix slitted lengthwise and having walls adjacent the slitted portion capable of adjustment in relation to the yarn in the holder, each coil of the helix being adapted to yieldingly directly engage a human finger whereby said yarn holder is capable of be ing held without locking means on fingers differing in thickness.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

MAX LEVY.

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