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Sewing machines are one of those things where I learn how they work then promptly forget and they go back to feeling like magic. I think this video has really
by Waterluvian 3y ago
Sewing machines are one of those things where I learn how they work then promptly forget and they go back to feeling like magic.
I think this video has really made it stick. It’s more like a knitting machine than something that does “sewing” like how I was taught by hand. The thread never goes through to complete any knots. It’s just tangles.
I also finally understand how the bobbin inside the base can be so small: it supplies much less thread to the tangle.
- mikey_p 3y agoActually most modern sewing machines use the same amount of thread from the bobbin and from the spool on top. The reason the bobbin is usually so small is that the thread from the top makes a loop and passes it around the bobbin, which must be small enough to fit through the loop.
- MilStdJunkie 3y agoThe "knitting" revelation is what made it stick for me as well, long ago. I don't remember the name of the person who took the the time to explain it to me, but he did so with kelp.
- hypercube33 3y agoWhat'll really get your noodle going is looking up how a square hay bailer knotter works. My grandpa joked that whoever engineered it was a mad insane guy.