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    A sewing needle, used for hand-sewing, is a long slender tool with a pointed tip at one end and a hole (or eye) to hold the sewing thread. The earliest...
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    Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a sewing needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile...
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    A sewing machine needle is a specialized needle for use in a sewing machine. A sewing machine needle consists of: shank - clamped by the sewing machine's...
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    for a mechanical device to aid the art of sewing, in 1755. His invention consisted of a double pointed needle with an eye at one end. In 1790, the English...
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    mechanically operated. These may be part of a sewing or embroidery machine, or standalone tools. The first known use of needle threaders in Europe was in the eighteenth...
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    and collar stays. Notions also include the small tools used in sewing, such as needles, thread, pins, marking pens, elastic, and seam rippers. The noun...
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  • Glossary of dyeing terms. Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of...
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  • for knitting, not as sharp as a sewing needle Sewing needle, a long slender tool with a pointed tip Trussing needle, a long slender tool, sometimes with...
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    most sewing needles. Yarn is threaded through the hollow needle via an opening at the top of its handle, and out through the eye. A punch needle stitch...
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    design was the first practical sewing machine for general domestic use. It incorporated the basic eye-pointed needle and lock stitch, developed by Elias...
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