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

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but they are hard

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

or in a grouping with other exquisite small objects

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