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81kettle stitch — Bookbinding. (in handsewing) a knot tied in the thread that links one section to the next. [1810 20; part trans. of G Kettelstich, equiv. to Kettel little chain (dim. of Kette chain; OHG ketina < L catena) + Stich STITCH; cf. CHAIN] * * * …
82Wheel stitch — Wheel Wheel (hw[=e]l), n. [OE. wheel, hweol, AS. hwe[ o]l, hweogul, hweowol; akin to D. wiel, Icel. hv[=e]l, Gr. ky klos, Skr. cakra; cf. Icel. hj[=o]l, Dan. hiul, Sw. hjul. [root]218. Cf. {Cycle}, {Cyclopedia}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A circular… …
83Sewing machine — Elias Howe s lockstitch machine, invented 1845 A sewing machine is a textile machine used to stitch fabric, cards and other material together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount …
84Crewel embroidery — Fanciful leaf in crewelwork, detail of a curtain, England, c. 1696. V A T.166 1961. Crewel Embroidery, or Crewelwork, is a decorative form of surface embroidery using wool and a variety of different embroidery stitches to follow a design outline… …
85Featherstitch — Drawing of Cretan embroidery in closed Cretan stitch from Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving, 1912 …
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87Sewing — or stitching is the fastening of cloth, leather, furs, bark, or other flexible materials, using needle and thread. Its use is nearly universal among human populations and dates back to Paleolithic times (30,000 BC). Sewing predates the weaving of …
88Machine embroidery — is a term that can be used to describe two different actions. The first is using a sewing machine to manually create (either freehand or with built in stitches) a design on a piece of fabric or other similar item. The second is to use a specially …
89Darning — Cashmere darn , a fine darning technique for twill fabric, from The Dictionary of Needlework, 1885 …
90Lockstitch — A lockstitch is the mechanical stitch most commonly made by a sewing machine.DescriptionThe lockstitch uses two threads, an upper and a lower. The upper thread runs from a spool kept on a spindle on top of or next to the machine, through a… …
