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  2. Lockstitch - Wikipedia

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    The thread tension mechanisms, one for the upper thread and one for the lower thread, prevent either thread from pulling the entwine point out of the middle of the material. Prior to the invention of the rotating hook, lockstitch machines placed the lower bobbin inside a miniature shuttle which would be passed through the loop formed when the ...

  3. Overlock - Wikipedia

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    The purl stitch. An overlock is a kind of stitch that sews over the edge of one or two pieces of cloth for edging, hemming, or seaming.Usually an overlock sewing machine will cut the edges of the cloth as they are fed through (such machines being called sergers in North America), though some are made without cutters.

  4. Janome - Wikipedia

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    The name "Janome" (蛇の目) literally means "snake's eye." It was taken from the appearance of the bobbin design at the time of brand establishment in 1935, when the newer, round bobbin system was starting to replace the traditional long shuttle. As the new round bobbin looked like a snake's eye, Janome was chosen as the company's name. [3]

  5. Stitching awl - Wikipedia

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    It is a thin, tapered metal shaft, coming to a sharp point, either straight or slightly bent. These shafts are often in the form of interchangeable needles. They usually have an eye piercing at the pointed end to aid in drawing thread through holes for the purpose of manual lockstitch sewing, in which case it is also called a sewing awl ...

  6. List of sewing machine brands - Wikipedia

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    A sewing machine is a machine used to stitch fabric and other materials together with thread. [1] Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. [2]

  7. Brother Industries - Wikipedia

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    Brother diversified into manufacturing printers, label printers, MFCs, garment printers, music sequencers, manufacturing/machine tools, and Joysound karaokes in the 1960s. Brother Industries, for an unknown period of time, produced many different word processor machines , [ 19 ] but there is hardly any information backed up online regarding ...

  8. National Sewing Machine Company - Wikipedia

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    National Sewing Machine Company was a Belvidere, Illinois-based manufacturer founded in the late 19th century. [1] The company manufactured sewing machines, washing machines, bicycles, an automobile, home workshop machinery, and cast-iron toys and novelties (under the Vindex Toy Company label).

  9. Pattern (sewing) - Wikipedia

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    Three patterns for pants (2022) Pattern making is taught on a scale of 1:4, to conserve paper. Storage of patterns Fitting a nettle/canvas-fabric on a dress form. In sewing and fashion design, a pattern is the template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto woven or knitted fabrics before being cut out and assembled.