Definition of a hussif: It is a case containing thread, needles, and other articles for sewing. They were carried by soldiers in their haversacks during the Civil War, the housewife or huswife kit was used to store sewing supplies. These needle cases...

a little needle-book she had made from bits of silk and soft white flannel." Little House on the Big Woods Laura Ingalls Wilder ****** Sold, thank you ! Happy stitching my friends !!!

are taken up with my needle 1851 Ellen Birdseye Wheaton came from a prominent Syracuse family. She married at the age of 18 and had 12 children. The diary she kept until her death in 1858, at age 42, illuminates her own life and opens a window onto the...