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  2. Pin - Wikipedia

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    T-pins: 0.75 mm: 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (32 mm) These pins have a head bent into a capital letter "T" to make it easier to grab with the finger tips. Dressmaker pins: 17-20: 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 in (27 mm) The most common type of sewing pin, they are used for light- to medium-weight fabrics and may have either a small flat head or a round plastic one. Pleating ...

  3. Spring pin - Wikipedia

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    A spring pin (also called tension pin or roll pin) is a mechanical fastener that secures the position of two or more parts of a machine relative to each other. Spring pins have a body diameter which is larger than the diameter of the hole they are intended for, and a chamfer on either one or both ends to facilitate starting the pin into the hole.

  4. Presser foot - Wikipedia

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    A sewing machine presser foot. A presser foot is an attachment used with sewing machines to hold fabric flat as it is fed through the machine and stitched. Sewing machines have feed dogs in the bed of the machine to provide traction and move the fabric as it is fed through the machine, while the sewer provides extra support for the fabric by guiding it with one hand.

  5. Sewing machine needle - Wikipedia

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    Most sewing machine needles will have packaging that gives both of these numbers in its size description — (e.g. as either 100/16 or 16/100). The length of all sewing machine needles has been standardized and does not require a separate code. The metric designation is the actual needle diameter in hundredths of a millimeter. [3]

  6. Taper pin - Wikipedia

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    A taper pin is a fastener used in mechanical engineering. They are steel rods with one end having a slightly larger diameter than the other. Metric taper pins have a taper of 1:50. [1] A 1:50 taper means that one end of a 50 mm long bar will be 1 mm smaller in diameter than the other end.

  7. Knitting needle - Wikipedia

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    It is a slender, straight stick tapered to a point at one end, with a knob at the other end to prevent stitches from slipping off. Such needles are always used in pairs and are usually 10-16 inches (25.4–40.6 cm) long but, due to the compressibility of knitted fabrics, may be used to knit pieces significantly wider.