What was the intended purpose of this item?

[mart]

I salvaged this from the dump site just as a woman came up the ramp with it. The 2x2 will come in handy-why waste good timber

 

[Pete.]

Nail storage

 

[brightspark]

probably for weaving woolen stuff . not that im in to it belonged to some old biddy thats snuffed it and daughter was slinging it

 

[DAPPH]

I thought that BS but it still has th nail heads on , most made for shawls I've seen had the nails angled slightly out & were head less ( more usually though they had small cup hooks with the closed side facing outwards )
Initially I 'd tyepd .......it looks like a loom for making ball wool shawls out of , you do the crisscrosses five or six strands in each plane N to s and caddy corner criss crossing then sort of crochet a loop of wool at each intersection as well as on all the edges .

Though it could simply be to make a wire or nylon netting screen to stop pets getting past or a sturdy garden compost sieve that leans against a wall or sits over a barrow still needing the wires to remove any big lumps

Other things might be a scratcher for a plastered wall or a flat drying rack for onions or clothing that needs the wires /cords adding

 

[frank horton]

hand loom....

 

[snoozer]

Nail Bed for Beginners..

 

[jerrytug]

Gerbil assault course?

 

[Bullet2012]

Worm agility test

 

[graffian]

hand loom....

Net making?

In naughty boys class at school they had us makes nets at christmas time.

 

[mart]

I should have asked the lady, but the only thing I said was, "I'll probably get a b******ing they will think I took it out of a skip"

 

[mart]

The nails seem to be in a neat line, but I cannot see a pencil guide line unless it is faint.

 

[voipio]

There seems to be a fragment of wool still tied to one of the nails.

 

[Moose McAlpine]

Nail Bed for Beginners..

I think it's a lightweight racing nail bed?

 

[daedalusminos]

It's for transporting water

 

[jerrytug]

An low-budget harp?

 

[Moose McAlpine]

An low-budget harp?

"Instructions unclear. Harp doesn't look like advert picture."

 

[blackolive (Ste)]

Fog plaiting frame

 

[Barking Mat]

Yogurt weaving, common hippy pastime.

 

[Bullet2012]

Whatever you do, do not throw it away, if you do it’s real use will be made apparent soon afterwards.

 

[Bullet2012]

Fog plaiting frame

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