PLAN No. 691. WONDER COVERS
“Wonder covers” for rolling-pin and bread-board are the invention of a Maine woman, but anybody can make them. For the rolling-pin, the cover is of stockinette or any elastic knitted textile fabric, made to pull over the pin in a stretched-tight way, like a jersey sleeve, and tied at the open end. The other part of the equipment is a mere square of canvas (sailcloth), to lay upon the bread-board.
Provided with these covers the housewife can manipulate the softest dough without any danger of its sticking to pin or board. But before using nearly a quart of flour must be rubbed into the pin-cover the first time it is slipped over the rolling-pin, and a little flour must be rubbed into it the same way each time it is used. With careful use the covers will stay clean a long time. When necessary to wash them, it should be done with cool water and a small scrubbing brush. Then they may be ironed. But the flour should be thoroughly washed out of them before they are ironed.