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Knit Picker
A knit picker is a fabric tool used to remove Snag (textiles), snags from knitted clothing and fabrics. The knit picker resembles a smaller and finer Fabric tube turning, loop turner. The end of the picker has a small hook to grab the snag or loose end, which can then be pulled through to the interior. The hook is very fine to ensure it gets under the snag. See also *Seam ripper References Sewing equipment {{Tool-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snag (textiles)
In textiles, a snag is created when a sharp or rough object pulls, plucks, scratches, or drags a group of fibres, yarn, or a yarn segment from its normal pattern. Snags can be classified into three types: # Snags that have a protrusion and no distortion, # Snags that have distortion and no protrusion, # Snags that have both protrusion and distortion. Objects that often cause snags are rough fingernails or toenails, or hangnails. When a snag occurs in certain fine textiles like pantyhose, it is called a run. This is because the snag breaks at least one fibre, causing the knit to come undone in a line which runs up the grain of the fabric. In clothing, snags can also occur in coarse textiles like sweaters, or in certain types of sport jersey (clothing), jerseys such as for soccer (football). These are common in synthetic fabrics like polyester, which have extremely fine fibres even when they are used to make coarser fabrics. Snags of this type (#3) may sometimes be repaired or m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabric Tube Turning
Fabric tube turning is a sewing 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, archaeo ... technique where an object is sewn with the right sides facing one another, leaving an opening, and is then "turned" out, concealing the stitching and unfinished edge, and leaving an opening through which filler or stuffing may be put into the object. Fabric may be turned with a common item such as a chopstick, or with tools such as the Fasturn, Loop Turners, or Hemostats. Stiffer fabrics and narrower tubes are more difficult to turn than softer fabrics and broader tubes. References Sewing {{Textile-arts-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seam Ripper
A seam ripper is a small sewing tool used for cutting and removing stitches. The most common form consists of a handle, shaft and head, although knife-like designs also exist. The head is usually forked with a cutting surface situated at the base of the fork. In some designs, one side of the fork tapers to a sharp point to allow easier insertion in tight stitching. In using a seam ripper, the sharp point of the tool is inserted into the seam underneath the thread to be cut. The thread is allowed to slip down into the fork and the tool is then lifted upwards, allowing the blade to rip through the thread. Once the seam has been undone in this way the loose ends can be removed and the seam resewn. It is unclear when the modern seam ripper was invented; an 1898 patent for a device roughly similar in shape uses the phrase "seam ripper" and claims to be an improvement on what was standard at the time. See also *Knit picker A knit picker is a fabric tool used to remove Snag (texti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |