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Thursday, November 30, 2017

Need to iron your clothes?


Aren't you glad we don't have to use these?  Do you see the number on top of some of the irons?  I thinking that is how much each one weight.  I am wondering does anyone know what the other item is used for? I am wondering it it is for pleating.

19 comments:

JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes) said...

You are right - it is a pleating iron. When I was growing up in Southeast Alaska we used the Sad Irons to iron our clothes. Our mother said that just because we lived away from civilization (town) there was no reason to look sloppy, so we labored over a hot stove and hot iron to make our clothes neat and spiffy. So happy when we finally moved to town and got an electric iron, and I was only 7 when I first began to use a Sad Iron - it was mighty heavy after a while.

Ginny Hartzler said...

Medieval torture! And look at that one toward the middle with a stainless steel pot on it! Looks like the first attempt at a stem iron. I agree about the pleats, that was a great observation!

John "By Stargoose And Hanglands" said...

I remember one of these old irons being around our house when I was a child but I never saw it in use as we had electricity connected when I was a baby. We used to use it as a door-stop in warm weather.

Tom said...

...very little ironing is done in this house.

Francisco Manuel Carrajola Oliveira said...

Gosto deste trabalho fotográfico.
Bom fim-de-semana.

Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
Livros-Autografados

eileeninmd said...

Hello, I stopped ironing awhile back. It was not my favorite thing to do.
Happy Friday, enjoy your weekend!

Anonymous said...

Those irons make my wrists hurt just looking at them!!!

MadSnapper said...

I thought you had gone crazy when I saw the title. I have not used an iron since Sept 26, 2006 when I retired. I like all these irons and I am thinking the odd two have to be for pleating. never seen one before

happyone said...

I would say they were for pleating too.
I have quite a few of old irons. They make great door stops and book ends.

don said...

A fine collection of these old irons My mother used one which shd headed on the kitchen cook stove. I don't how she knew how hot it was so not scorch fabrics.

Red Rose Alley said...

These are so cool. I remember seeing an episode of Little House on the Prairie, and Carolyn was ironing her family's clothes with one of these irons. It was fascinating to watch. It went rather slowly, and not sure how well they worked, but it got some of the wrinkles out. ; ) Great post, Rose.

~Sheri

Ruth Hiebert said...

My Auntie had an old iron like that and I have used it a time or two. By now, my iron had better come with detailed instructions.I have not used it in a long time. Let's just say,I', thankful for wrinkle free clothes.

Christine said...

Great collection of old irons! So glad my iron is light enough to steam through my ironing quite quickly!

The Furry Gnome said...

Those were the days!

Small City Scenes said...

Olden times I hope. I always liked to iron but did not love it and am glad I don't iron now.
MB

NatureFootstep said...

my grandmother had one like that when I was a kid. She heated it up on the stove.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

No way! Ditto what Tom said Rose, not much ironing goes on here either 😀

CountryMum said...

What a wonderful collection of irons!

Klara S said...

I hate ironing, so I'm glad I don't have use these stuff above. Good capture.

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