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  2. Seam allowance - Wikipedia

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    Commercial patterns for home sewers have seam allowances ranging from 1 ⁄ 4 to 58 inch (6.4 to 15.9 mm). [2] A 5/8″(1.5cm) seam allowance provides enough extra between the seam line and the cut edge of the fabric to make sure that the fabric will be safely caught as they are being joining together.

  3. Row counter (hand knitting) - Wikipedia

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    Like the MP Handy Guide it incorporated a small inch-ruler and needle gauge, but now added a tension gauge measure and centimetre ruler. Plastic complex counter, 2008 In spring 2008 the UK magazine Simply Knitting no.39 gave away a green plastic version of the MP Handy Guide , without needle gauge or ruler and with a clarified version of the ...

  4. Scale ruler - Wikipedia

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    A scale ruler is a tool for measuring lengths and transferring measurements at a fixed ratio of length; two common examples are an architect's scale and engineer's scale. In scientific and engineering terminology, a device to measure linear distance and create proportional linear measurements is called a scale.

  5. Tape measure - Wikipedia

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    Unlike US rulers, of which an overwhelming majority contain both centimeter and inch scales, tape measures are longer and thus traditionally have had scales in both inches and feet & inches. So, the inclusion of a metric scale requires the measuring device either to contain 3 scales of measurement or the elimination of one of the US Customary ...

  6. Ruler - Wikipedia

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    A variety of rulers A carpenter's rule Retractable flexible rule or tape measure A closeup of a steel ruler A ruler in combination with a letter scale. A ruler, sometimes called a rule, scale or a line gauge or metre/meter stick, is an instrument used to make length measurements, whereby a length is read from a series of markings called "rules" along an edge of the device. [1]

  7. Graduation (scale) - Wikipedia

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    A ruler with two linear scales: the metric and imperial.It includes shorter minor graduations and longer major graduations. A graduation is a marking used to indicate points on a visual scale, which can be present on a container, a measuring device, or the axes of a line plot, usually one of many along a line or curve, each in the form of short line segments perpendicular to the line or curve.