Need to make myself one of these, like Kate’s.
An orifice hook is what you use to thread the spinning wheel. (I use a crochet hook now, and that’s why you can frequently ask me at an SCA event ‘why do you have a crochet hook in your hair?’) This one is particularly nice because it (1) has a hole in the end so you can tie it to your wheel and not have to carry it in your braids and (2) that notch is one inch long for the purposes of measuring gauge via the Wraps-Per-Inch or wpi method. Cool.
“Orifice hook”? That just sounds… dirty.
Aww, man, I should’ve remembered that Sept 19th was ‘Talk Like A Pirate Day’!! That’s the day for waving hooks about!
(As for you, milord Runolfr – off t’the end of a verrry long line of people who have also decided to snicker. The plank awaits! ARrrr.)
I’ll just join the line then. 😉
With the “measurey” bit, it rather reminds me of an SCA Marshal’s Key.