Needlework "Dololly"

What a beautiful find Donna. So delicate.

Katherine

A couple of days ago I was browsing through the local second-hand store and came across a small zip-lock bag with three items in it. Two of them looked like needle threaders, and one was a little hook-like thing. The hook and one threader are joined with a little chain. Some of the origiional packaging was folded up inside the bag, but I did not take it out and read it in the store. I bought the packet for one dollar.

Yesterday I took the time to pull out the information inside the package and learned that I had purchased a "My Favorite Needle Threader" by Mardina Enterprises. The "threader and hook chained together" is called "My Favorite Dololly", also by Mardina. Both say that they are available in 18K gold or silver plate. Mine is gold colored, so I guess it's the 18k gold. The threader and dololly are a matched set. I couldn't find an online site with any reference to the threader, but here is a link to the dololly:

Anyway, since I only paid $1 for two different products, each 18k gold plated, I'm curious what they cost retail. I couldn't find an online source selling the gold dololly, only the silver one, which is about $25 or $26 (different sites). Couldn't find a site selling the threader at all. Anybody know what price these items sold for? Whatever the value, I'm still pleased with my purchase.

Donna G. Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Donna Gennick wrote:

I do a lot of needlework and I am the proud owner of one of the older gold plated DoLollies. I bought mine about 7 years ago and paid about $30.00 at that time. Right after I bought mine, the company quit making them (small family business that experienced illness I think). The rights to make the DoLolly and use the name have since been sold so they are being produced again but I don't know by whom. For those interested, the DoLolly is used to bury ends of needlework fiber (usually *really* short ends) beneath existing stitches. The way you use a DoLolly is to run the the thin metal loop of one piece under the back of your needlework stitches so that the loop comes out next to the short end of the floss. Next you put the little hook of the other piece through the loop, grab the thread end with the hook and pull it through the loop. Now you pull the loop back through the stitches along with the loose thread end, securely burying it. Now, $30 is a lot of money for a "dohickey" that does the same thing you could do with a properly threaded needle :-). But it's the accessories that make our endeavours so much more enjoyable. I now have an Original DoLolly AND a second one of these tools that was made with a hand carved bone kitty cat instead of the pretty filigree of the DoLolly :-))! And you know what? I don't use either of them -- I just thread a needle the proper way and use THAT to bury any really short fiber ends when I am doing needlework -- LOLOL! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

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Tia Mary wrote: I bought mine about 7 years ago and paid about

Thank you, Tia Mary. That's the information I was hoping someone would know.

I probably won't use the dololly either. I'm really not into needlepoint or cross stitch or that kind of needlework. But it's a pretty little gadget to have, and I probably will use the matching needle threader. So I'll keep the dololly. You never know when something will turn out to be useful.

Donna G. Michigan's Upper Peninsula