Old Hand-knotted Small Ball, Presumed Sailor Made Boat Fender (?) ingalls fortune telling cards it is not threaded

it is not threaded

much of which I've gotten rid of but there might still be a stray bit here and there

One hole was drilled through for the eyes and a slit for the beak

must have loved him a lot as he's lost a fair amount of fur

and I have to wonder if she didn't make it in the fall

Old Hand-knotted Small Ball, Presumed Sailor Made Boat Fender (?) ingalls fortune telling cards it is not threadedI just love the look of this old ball, which I believe holds cork inside the hand knotted macrame exterior, made like a boat fender, though perhaps just as a whimsy as I'm not entirely sure a fender this small would be useful (?). Whatever the case, it definitely feels sailor made to me, reminding me a lot of sailor made knot work baskets I've had, and it definitely has a bunch of years on it. Quite a satisfying object to my eye, and a nice one to