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A winder being used in the construction of a transformer, at a technical college workshop. A winding machine or winder is a machine for wrapping string, twine, cord, thread, yarn, rope, wire, ribbon, tape, etc. onto a spool, bobbin, reel, etc. [1]
Popping mechanism Knott's Berry Farm spinner Charlene Parker demonstrates how to transfer thread or yard from a spinning wheel (on left) to a spinner's weasel (on right). ...
In a sewing thread, the treads are doubled in two phases. Two or three strands are twisted together then three of these threads are twisted together, to form a six or nine cord. [ 9 ] The spun yarn is wound onto a bobbin using a doubling winding machine , and two or more of these bobbins are placed on doubling frame (doubling winding machine).
Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic Era. Although usually associated with clothing and household linens, sewing is used in a variety of crafts and industries, including shoemaking, upholstery, sailmaking, bookbinding and the manufacturing of some kinds of sporting goods.
types of hand sewing stitches. This is a list of stitches used in hand and machine sewing. The most common standard for stitches in the apparel industry is ASTM International ASTM D6193-16(2020) [1] The standard also covers various types of seams. Under this classification of stitches there are basic groups as follows:
Backstitch or back stitch and its variants stem stitch, outline stitch and split stitch are a class of embroidery and sewing stitches in which individual stitches are made backward to the general direction of sewing. In embroidery, these stitches form lines and are most often used to outline shapes and to add fine detail to an embroidered picture.
An elderly Irish woman with a spinning wheel Hindoo Spinning-Wheel (1852) [1]. A spinning wheel is a device for spinning thread or yarn from fibres. [2] It was fundamental to the cotton textile industry prior to the Industrial Revolution.
The lockstitch sewing machine, invented and developed in the 18th and 19th centuries [10] [11], forms a stitch with two threads: one passed through a needle and another from a bobbin. 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 ]