The needles used to stitch or embroider by hand, together with the small tools that protect the fingers and keep needles safe. A tool belongs here when its cited source describes it as a needle, a punch needle, a thimble or a holder for sewing needles. It excludes machine needles and the larger frames and hoops that hold cloth. The group runs from the bone and bronze needlecases carried on a belt in earlier centuries to the steel needle plated for corrosion resistance that a modern sewer buys by the packet.
All Hand Sewing Needles and Needle Holders
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Dictionary.com: Etui definition
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for holding needles
Stitching awl (Wikipedia)
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It is also used for sewing heavy materials, such as leather or canvas.
Sewing Needle (Wikipedia)
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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.
Thimble (Wikipedia)
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A thimble is a small pitted cup worn on the finger that protects it from being pricked or poked by a needle while sewing.
Needlecase (Wikipedia)
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A needlecase or needle case is a small, often decorative, holder for sewing needles.
Punch needle (Wikipedia)
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A punch needle is a manual tool used for embroidery or rug making that creates a field of tightly packed loops of thread or yarn on a woven fabric substrate.
Dictionary.com: pincushion definition
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a small cushion into which pins are stuck until needed.
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