Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Vintage Crafting - A Hot Mat from 1951


 This ... interesting little craft from the February, 1951 issue of Workbasket magazine falls in the category of "we can't do it anymore."  Separate rubber canning rings haven't been a thing for at least forty years, if not longer.  I wonder what you could substitute?

3 comments:

Skubitwo said...

there are silicon ones sold from - where else - our not so benevolent overlords at amazon. there is a company, also on amazon, Viceroy Reliable Seal, that makes actual natural rubber ones for clamp down regular mouth jars.

Anonymous said...

I have seen these crocheted over the metal rings.

Lady Anne said...

My grandmother had a dozen of these! I know she gave some to my mother, but by the time my sister and I got married they had all dry rotted or something.