Hobble women's skirt is rounded over hips and tapered to the ankle so narrowly that significantly impede the walking of the wearer. It was designed by Paul Poiret a Paris fashion designer in about 1912. The hobble dress is so narrow below the knees that it would 'hobble' or make the wearer walk in an awkward way.
The lower thread should be pulled up by lowering the needle before starting sewing.
Lightly hold the end of the upper thread and then slowly turn the handwheel towards your direction (counterclockwise) by hand to lower and then raise the needle.
Pull on the upper thread to draw up the lower thread.
Finally pull out about 4 inches or about 10 cm of both the upper and lower threads and put them toward the back of the machine under the presser foot.
(For some models with a quick-set bobbin, lightly hold down the bobbin with the help of the right hand, and then guide the thread through the two slits, pull the thread toward you and then cut it with the thread cutter at the end of the slit. Start sewing after threading the lower and upper thread).
Lower threading involves installing the bobbin wound thread to the machine. The machine should be turned off during threading to avoid any accidents.
Before threading the lower thread prepare the bobbin so that it is wound properly and evenly.
Remove the bobbin cover on the machine by sliding it and lifting towards you.
Insert the bobbin 'in' so that the thread comes out in the direction shown by the arrow (comes out at the left side). Set the bobbin so that the thread unrolls in right direction shown by the arrow, otherwise it may cause incorrect thread tension or break the needle.
Holding the end of the thread, push the bobbin down with the help of the finger and then pass the thread through the slit.
Replace the bobbin cover, put the thread projection into the bobbin race retainer grove and push it closed (be sure that the end of the thread comes out from the cover towards the rare of the machine.
A card scale is a small, flat triangle shaped scale with markings on it often used for tailoring, fashion design or general crafting purposes. These pocket-sized scales are generally used by the students for small drafting. It is made of thick laminated paper with centimeter marking on one side and inch marking on the other side. These scales are compact and easy to store and are designed to provide accurate measurements.
The duck billed hairclips are long, slim and multipurpose metal clips for holding sections of hair during cutting or hair styling. These versatile hairpins for women and girls can easily hold your hair during hair cutting, hair styling, blow drying, hair coloring, facial cleansing, make up and are also great for professional salons. Measuring about 9 cm these clips are made of high-quality anodized aluminum and the unique convex shape, and no teeth design prevents scratches or cuts, making them lightweight and robust DIY hair accessory.
Double Chain Stitch is also called as Turkmen Stitch and is done by working the stitches across two parallel lines. It is a variation of chain stitch where each chain is pulled into alternating triangles.
Bring the needle up at 'a' go back down at 'b' and come up at 'c', placing the needle's point over the thread and pull through.
Next, go back down at 'a' and come up at 'd', placing needle's point over thread and pulling thread through.
Go back down at 'c' and come up at 'e', continue alternating the stitches from top to bottom edges till the end of the row.
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