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  2. Stitching awl - Wikipedia

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    A stitching awl is a tool with which holes can be punctured in a variety of materials, or existing holes can be enlarged. It is also used for sewing heavy materials, such as leather or canvas. 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.

  3. Sewing needle - Wikipedia

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    A sewing needle. 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 needles were made of bone or wood; modern needles are manufactured from high carbon steel wire and are nickel- or 18K gold-plated for corrosion resistance.

  4. Bone tool - Wikipedia

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    Bone awls are pointed tips made on any bone splinter. Bone awls vary considerably in the amount of polish from wear, the method of preparation, and size. Bone awls tend to be classified according to the characteristics of the bone used to make the awl. Many bone awls retain an epiphysis, or rounded end of a bone. Although authors have differing ...

  5. Outline of prehistoric technology - Wikipedia

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    Clothing – evidence, such as possible sewing needles from around 40,000 years ago and [21] dyed flax fibers dated 36,000 BP found in a prehistoric cave in the Republic of Georgia suggest that people were wearing clothes at this time. [22] [23] Human beings may have begun wearing clothing as far back as 190,000 years ago. [24]

  6. Sewing - Wikipedia

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    Sewing is the craft of fastening pieces of textiles together using a sewing needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic era. Before the invention of spinning yarn or weaving fabric, archaeologists believe Stone Age people across Europe and Asia sewed fur and leather clothing using bone, antler ...

  7. Sewing machine needle - Wikipedia

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    Needle has distinct "wings" on either side of the eye which hold the fabric open. Often used on hems and borders, and for decorative finishing. A larger size needle will leave a larger hole in the final piece of sewn fabric. Leather: These have a distinct triangular point to help the needle make a large, clean hole in non-woven materials like ...

  8. Sewing-Machine Needles - Wikipedia

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    Sewing-Machine Needles, also known as Rocas Ministro Ezcurra [1) is a group of three prominent rock needles, the highest 45 m above water, lying close southeast of Rancho Point, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands

  9. Timeline of clothing and textiles technology - Wikipedia

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    A copy of Barthélemy Thimonnier's sewing machine from about 1830. 1830 – Barthélemy Thimonnier develops the first functional sewing machine. 1833 – Walter Hunt invents the lockstitch sewing machine but, dissatisfied with its function, does not patent it. 1842 – Lancashire Loom developed by Bullough and Kenworthy, a semi automatic Power ...

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