Magazine Monday

Yes, I know it's Tuesday, but I couldn't find an appropriate word beginning with T for an alliterative title today.


So - I've been sorting out the bottom shelf of a French armoire which holds a lot of my junk valuable sewing things.  I forgot to take a picture before, but here's what it looks like now...

This is what's inside the rest of the wardrobe ...

And now I have a pile of French Craft magazines to sell in the shop, a pile of British crochet magazines to put on the website maybe(?) and a pile of an English magazine called Inspirations, which I don't think is published any more.  Lots of interesting stuff in them, which is why I've kept them for so long.

Dog and Basket
Great title for a specialist shop, I think, but actually, I'm using it here because the other day, while unpacking more boxes from my dependances, I came across this old toy dog that was my daughter's (and I'm betting she'll want it back now)... and a plastic 'rattan' sewing box with some rather interesting contents.

The dog is stuffed with straw, I think, and is quite old.  I crocheted its blue collar years ago, to cheer it up.

He has a cute face...

...with little boot button eyes...

The sewing box dates from the 60s, I think 

and contains some interesting bits and pieces.

Anybody know what this is?

The oval hole with the raised border to the right of the picture has N3 2 in relief inside, and the one on the left has ASA in chevron brackets.  Any help?