Introduction

Hello fellow collectors! My name is Lynn Rosack and I live in Central Florida. I’ve been interested in trivets and other laundry day memorabilia since the early 1980s. Like many of you, I began slowly by finding trivets at flea markets and garage sales, taking them home and hanging them on my kitchen walls. Back then I didn’t know much about their age, origin, history or value.

Things changed in 1994 when my husband Ed gifted me a copy of A Collector’s Guide To Trivets & Stands by Rob Roy Kelly & James Elwood. Reading that book cover-to-cover was an eye-opening education in the history, manufacture and endless variety of trivets. It provided the knowledge needed to slowly become a more discriminating collector. And I still recommend this book as a Must Have for trivet collectors!

Fast forward to 2000. The Internet was providing new opportunities to view and buy interesting trivets from around the world. My collection grew in both quantity and quality Before long I accumulated enough trivets and data to write two trivet books in 2004 and 2010. Many thanks to Collector Books for making that possible and to my husband for photographing each trivet.

Besides maintaining this blog Trivetology, I’m a member of and the webmaster for the Pressing Iron and Trivet Collectors of America. I’m also active on several Facebook groups including The Trivet Collectors Network and Pressing Iron Enthusiasts.

In 2015 I joined my husband in retirement. We continue to enjoy spending time together while pursuing our individual interests. You’re invited to visit Ed’s photography blog Central Florida Photo Ops where he posts images of the natural beauty of Florida.

In May 2023 we sold our Florida home of 30 years and moved to a nearby retirement community. We’ve downsized dramatically and, as a result, I have limited room to display trivets.

As of March 2025 my focus here on Trivetology will be changing. Since I’m no longer actively collecting, there will be fewer articles on acquisitions. Instead, my energies will be channeled into the creation of a book to reorganize and archive the best of the Trivetology blog posts. Whether it will be printed and/or available in a print-on-demand version is as of yet undecided. I will share updates on how the book is coming. Stay tuned!