Clothes Pins Galore!
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Clothes Pegs / Laundry Pins - The Beginning
I found surprisingly little information about the origin of pegs. Just that the first pegs were created by a man named Jérémie Victor Opdebec. These pegs were made from one piece of wood. Then in 1853, David M. Smith invented the peg made of two pieces of wood held together with a spring. A very handy little device as are apparent from the many different uses people has found for pegs over the years.
The Ramblings of a Peglomaniac
A clothespeg collector
In my search for more information about the origin of pegs I came across the blog of a retired engineer, Mike Bradley, who lives in Melbourne, Australia. He collects clothespins and has the largest collection of clothes pegs in the world!On his blog "The Ramblings of a Peglomaniac" Mike shares some of his adventures in hunting for pegs to grow his clothes pin collection. http://www.peglomania.blogspot.com. There are also lots of photos of different kinds of pegs in his clothespin collection.
Some of the scarcer and sought after pegs are gypsy pegs made in the early 20th Century, Clark Rubber Pegs and enamel pegs.
Clever Pegs
Clever Pegs are newly designed clothes clips. These clothes pegs have an unique double ended design which allows you to save space when you pin clothes to the washing line.By using Clever Pins you can now not only hang the washing horizontally but also vertically as the clever design allows you to hang one shirt under another.
Clothespin Cookies
- Recipe for Ladylocks (Clothespin Cookies), by Ila English
- For this recipe you will need round wood clothespins.
Wooden clothes pegs
Believe it or not! A Guinness World Record
Warning : This looks painful!!!
Vintage Clothespins on eBay
Decorative Clothespins
Can O'Clips 24 count decorative Clothespins Vintage look in Keepsake Tin Cavallini Papers, 3Pack
Amazon Price: (as of 05/30/2012)
Do you think black is a suitable colour for clothes pins?
Many people have preconceived ideas of how certain things should look.
I once heard a story of a girl who was sharing a flat. When the flat mate moved out, she got rid of all the black clothespins. I cannot remember ever seeing black clothespins but when I heard the story I just felt that I would never buy black clothespins.
Do you think black is a suitable colour for clothes pins and why or why not?
No way, I cannot bear the thought of black clothespins.
Yes, black clothespins are fine.
rare jewels says:
There are so many fun things that can be done with these. I love the idea of it!
Black Clothes Pins for Halloween
Plastic clothes pins
Clothespin Sculpture
In 1976, the "Clothespin", a 45 feet (14 m) high Cor-Ten and stainless steel sculpture build by Claes Oldenburg's was installed in the plaza of Centre Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Clothespins as Christmas decorations
Clothespin craft books for children
Clothespin craft kits
Clothespin Joke
Question:
Did you hear about the robbery at the laundromat?
Answer:
Two clothespins held up a shirt!
Clothespin craft supplies
Clothespin Paperweight
Silver-tone Clothespin Paperweight/Clip
Amazon Price: $23.25 (as of 05/30/2012)
Clothespin Jewellery
Clothespin Jewelry on Ebay
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What are your laundry day preferences?
When it comes to drying clothes it seems that many people have fixed preferences. I always hang my washing on the clothes line, always use plastic spring type pegs and prefer to keep the pegs in a peg basket. My mom on the other hand, always used wooden clothes pegs and a peg bag.
Do you prefer plastic or wooden pegs and why? Pegs with or without a spring? Line dry or tumble dry? A peg basket or a peg bag? Have your say!
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JoshK47
Apr 24, 2012 @ 9:58 am | delete
- What a cool lens!
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artyfax Sep 11, 2011 @ 8:21 am | delete
- My wife prefers drying in a wind/sunlight on a line. Must admit have never given much thought to the humble peg but an interesting lens. I couldn't even watch the video on "the most pegs, etc" made me cringe, LOL
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nightcats
Sep 3, 2011 @ 12:06 pm | delete
- I haven't used a line in years. I live in an apartment and putting a line on the balcony is a no no. I used to use wooden clothespins. Now, since I dabble in mixed media art, I appreciate seeing the craft items that are made from clothespins. Good lens on an unusual subject.
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Robin_Forlonge_Patterson
Aug 7, 2011 @ 8:35 pm | delete
- Plastic, with spring. Necessary in Windy Wellington.
In a sort of bad/basket with a gauze bottom that lets the rain out. It hangs on the line but is easily unclipped for hanging on the arm while any hanging out or taking in is in progress.
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Graceonline
Aug 4, 2011 @ 12:05 am | delete
- Oh how I wish I could hang my clothes on a line outdoors again. The fresh scent! I always preferred the wooden clothespins with the spring holding them together. They last forever if you bring your pin bag indoors with the clothes every day.
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