NEEDLE, KNITTING

Description: FOUR NEEDLES ARE CONTAINED INSIDE A BLACK CARDBOARD CASE. CASE IS MAINLY BLACK WITH ORANGE AND WHITE WRITING ON IT. THE FRONT SURFACE OF THE CASE HAS THE IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS OF "7 INCHES" AND "SIZE 12". THE WORDS "ABEL MORRALL'S", AND "AERO" SPECIFY THE TYPE OF NEEDLES INSIDE, WHILE THE PHRASES "KNITTING PINS RUSTLESS - NONGLITTER FINISH", AND "KNITTING PINS NEUTRAL GREY COLOR LIGHTWEIGHT" DESCRIBE THE PINS THEMSELVES AS WELL AS THEIR ATTRIBUTES. ON THE BACK, A SIMILAR MESSAGE IS SEEN. THE BACK HOWEVER IS PRIMARILY ORANGE WITH A WHITE BORDER AND BLACK WRITING "CANNOT SOIL LIGHT WOOLS".

History: ALL OF THESE ARTIFACTS WOULD HAVE BEEN OWNED BY EITHER HAZEL RUTH MCNABB AND HER MOTHER MRS. JOSEPH MCNABB (MAE). HOWEVER, MOST WOULD HAVE BELONGED TO HAZEL. MOST PURCHASES WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE IN OR NEAR LETHBRIDGE OR FORT MACLEOD. THE DONOR WAS BORN IN 1912 IN FORT MACLEOD AND MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1946. FAMILY LIVED ALONG THE OLD MAN RIVER ACROSS FROM THE RESERVATION, MOTHER WAS FROM NEW YORK, AND AFTER MARRYING HER HUSBAND CAME TO ALBERTA TO RANCH. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE DONOR, THE LATE MS. HAZEL MCNABB, PLEASE SEE THIS DONATION'S PERMANENT FILE. INCLUDED IN THE FILE, IS A 50 MIN INTERVIEW WITH MCNABB'S CLOSE FRIEND MARY OORDT FROM 20 MAY 2014.