(Mishnah - R. Meir): A woman may not go out with a needle with a hole, a ring with a stamp, clasp, Koveles (spices bound together) or a flask of [fragrant] balsam oil. If she went out with them, she is Chayeves Chatas;

Chachamim exempt for Koveles or a flask of balsam oil.

(Gemara - Beraisa): [On Shabbos,] a tailor may not go outside with his needle inserted in his garment, nor a scribe with a quill on his ear, nor a dyer with a sample [of different colors of dyed wool] on his ear, nor a moneychanger with a coin in his ear. If they went out like this, they are exempt. R. Meir says so;

Chachamim say, a craftsman who carries something like people of his trade is liable.

Inference: Anyone else (not a craftsman) may go out like this.

Contradiction: R. Meir contradicts himself! The Mishnah there (i.e. here) says that if [a woman] went out [with a needle with a hole], she is Chayav Chatas; R. Meir says so. Here (the Beraisa) he says so (even a tailor is exempt! The Yerushalmi copies the exact question asked above (1:3). There, it properly says "there'' and "here''.)

Answer (R. Mana, and R. Avin citing R. Yochanan): It is normal for women to take things outside like this. However, here, Tefeilin (subordinates) go out like this. (SEFAS EMES 11b DH b'Tosfos - tailors are a minority. They are Batel to the majority. Women are a nation unto themselves, and it is normal for all of them.)

Contradiction: Rabanan contradict themselves! There (here,) the Mishnah teaches that Chachamim exempt [one who goes out] with Koveles or a flask of balsam oil. This implies that [they agree to R. Meir that] for a needle with a hole, she is Chayav. Here (in the Beraisa), they hold that [only] a professional like his trade is liable!

Answer (R. Yosi bar Avin): [Our Mishnah discusses] a woman who braids (she is like a professional).

Question (R. Acha citing R. Acha bar Rav Nachman): Is [our Mishnah] like R. Nechemyah [and unlike Chachamim?! It obligates for a ring with a stamp, i.e. it is not an ornament!]

(Mishnah): A metal ring with a stamp of coral is Tamei (can receive Tum'ah, like a metal Kli). A coral ring with a metal stamp is Tahor (like a Kli Etz without a receptacle. I.e. its law depends on the ring itself, and not on its stamp);

(Beraisa): R. Nechemyah says oppositely. And so R. Nechemyah used to say, the law of a ring depends on its stamp. The law of a ladder depends on its rungs. The law of a block [with pegs from which a merchant hangs his wares] depends on its rungs (pegs - PNEI MOSHE). The law of a yoke depends on its pegs (protrusions sticking down; the animal's neck goes between them).

Answer (R. Ila): [Our Mishnah] is like everyone. The case is, she took it out to stamp with it;

(R. Shmuel citing R. Ze'ira): If it was made for this and this (an ornament and to stamp), if one took it out to stamp, he is liable. If he took it out for an ornament, he is exempt even for the stamp, for the stamp is secondary to the ornament.