Boye Crochet Fork

Title

Boye Crochet Fork

Creator

The Boye Needle Company

Date

1935-1945

Description

Card front displays name of company, where made, size of fork, instructions for using the crochet fork. Fork is steel, guard is the top of the 'fork' Card back depicts a lady using a magnifying glass to examine a crochet hook to be used in making the lace, there is more information about the "BOYE: crochet hooks.*Printed on front top, black ink: "SIZE 0 'BOYE' (REG. U.S. PAT OFF.) MADE IN / U.S.A. / CROCHET FORK / For MALTESE CROCHET OR HAIRPIN LACE" *Printed on back black ink: "BOYE' CROCHET HOOKS / The World's Standard of Quality / SMOOTH ROUND POINTS" / THE BOYE NEEDLE COMPANY / NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO"

Subject

Fork--crochet--Instructions--card
Text
Lady
Boye
Chicago, Illinois
Fork
Crochet
Mary Stanley
Hightower, Colorado
Lace

Source

Plains to Peaks Collective

Relation

http://5008.sydneyplus.com/HistoryColorado_ArgusNet_Final/ViewImage.aspx?template=Image&field=DerivedIma&hash=0FF2713683FA625ADCB97BDFEBA06337

Type

physical object

References

http://5008.sydneyplus.com/HistoryColorado_ArgusNet_Final/Portal/Portal.aspx?component=AAFW&record=BFF565AE-4BB1-4BC9-A17C-B9AD9A97359A

Citation

The Boye Needle Company, “Boye Crochet Fork,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed October 1, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/32472.

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