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  2. Rotary hook - Wikipedia

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    The rotary hook or rotating hook is a bobbin driver design used in lockstitch sewing machines since the 19th century. It triumphed over competing designs because it can run at higher speeds with less vibration. Rotary hooks and oscillating shuttles are the two most common bobbin drivers in use today.

  3. Bobbin - Wikipedia

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    Each thread stays on the same side of the material being sewn, interlacing with the other thread at each needle hole thanks to the machine's movement. [12] Tension of the bobbin thread is maintained with a bobbin case, a metal enclosure with a leaf spring which keeps the thread taut. The bobbin case has to be free-floating (not attached to an ...

  4. List of sewing stitches - Wikipedia

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    Straight stitch – the basic stitch in hand-sewing and embroidery; Tacking stitch (UK, also baste or pin) – quick, temporary stitching intended to be removed; Tent stitch – diagonal embroidery stitch at a 45-degree angle; Topstitch – used on garment edges such as necklines and hems, helps facings stay in place and gives a crisp edge

  5. Lockstitch - Wikipedia

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    Meanwhile, the lower thread is wound onto a bobbin, which is inserted into a case in the lower section of the machine below the material. To make one stitch, the machine lowers the threaded needle through the cloth into the bobbin area, where a rotating hook (or other hooking mechanism ) catches the upper thread at the point just after it goes ...

  6. Bobbin driver - Wikipedia

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    1851 by Allen B. Wilson [8] Figures from Wilson's patent 9041, showing rotary hook and bobbin: Rotary hook machines hold their bobbin stationary, and continuously rotate the thread hook around it. The design was popularized in the White Sewing Machine Company's 'Family Rotary' sewing machine [9] and Singer's models 95 and 115. [10]

  7. Vibrating shuttle - Wikipedia

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    A vibrating shuttle is a bobbin driver design used in home lockstitch sewing machines during the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. It supplanted earlier transverse shuttle designs, but was itself supplanted by rotating shuttle designs.

  8. Machine embroidery - Wikipedia

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    Commercial machine embroidery in chain stitch on a voile curtain, China, early 21st century. Machine embroidery is an embroidery process whereby a sewing machine or embroidery machine is used to create patterns on textiles. It is used commercially in product branding, corporate advertising, and uniform adornment.

  9. Glossary of textile manufacturing - Wikipedia

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    Bobbin lace Bobbin lace is a delicate lace that uses wound spools of thread (the bobbins) to weave together the shapes in the lace. Bobbinet Bobbinet is a tulle netting with hexagonal shaped holes, traditionally used as a base for embroidery and lingerie. Bolt