Figure 132. — Illustration from Knights American Me- 

 chanical Dictionary, vol. 3, p. 2122. The 68 sewing-machine 

 stitches in use by 1882 are as follows: 

 Single Thread 



1. Running stitch. 



2. Back stitch. 



3. Fast stitch. 



4. Chainstitch. 



5. Coiled-loop chainstitch. 



6. Knitted-loop chainstitch. 



7. Knotted-loop chainstitch. 



8. Loop enchained by second alternate stitch. 



9. Each loop locks and enchains alternate loops. 



10. Staple stitch (for waxed threads only). 

 Two Threads 



11. Double-needle chainstitch. 



12. Double-thread chainstitch (one needle). 



13. Double-looped chainstitch. 



14. Chain with interlocking thread. 



15. Under-thread through its own loop. 



16. Two needles penetrate fabric from opposite sides. 



1 7. Two needles working from the same side. 



18. Double interlocking loop. 



19. Lockstitch. 



20. Twist in needle thread. 



21. Double twist in needle thread. 



22. Twist in shutde thread. 



23. Double twist in shuttle thread. 



24. Knot stitch, shuttle thread knotted at every stitch. 



25. Knot stitch, shutde thread knotted at every other stitch. 



26. Knot stitch, shutde thread through the needle thread 



loop and knotted around the loop. 



27. Shuttle thread pulled to the surface and interlocked 



with succeeding stitch to form an embroiders- stitch. 



28. Wire-lock stitch, thread locked in place with wire. 

 Three Threads 



29. Two shutdes. each lockinn alternate loops. 



30. Double loop with interlocking third thread. 



31. Two shuttle threads, both locking each loop. 



32. Two shuttle threads intertwining and locking each loop. 



33. Single thread; loop of needle thread drawn up over the 



edge and locked by needle at its next descent. 



34. Two threads; loops of needle thread, above and below . 



extend to the edge of the fabric, and are locked by 

 shutde thread. 



35. Two threads; needle penetrates back from edge, its loop 



passed to and interlocked by the needle at its next 

 descent over the edge, and this second needle-loop 

 locked by shuttle thread. 



36. Two threads; shuttle thread drawn up over the edge of 



the fabric to the line of the needle thread. 



37. Two threads; needle loop through the fabric locked by 



needle loop over the edge and second loop locked by 

 second thread. 



38. Two threads; edge of fabric covered by shuttle thread. 



39. Three threads; third thread laid around the stitch at the 



edge of the fabric. 

 Ornamental Stitches 



40. Zigzag; single thread chainstitch (4). 



41. Zigzag; two-thread lockstitch (19). 



42. Zigzag; two-thread chainstitch (13). 



43. Zigzag; chain stitch with interlocking thread (14). 



44. Zigzag; double loop with interlocking third thread (30). 



45. Zigzag; running stitch (1). 



46. Zigzag; two needles and shuttle. 



47. Zigzag; variation of 46. 



48-52. Zigzag stitches for sewing straw braid. 

 53-62. Straight straw-braid stitches. 

 63-67. Special embroider}- stitches. 

 68. Saddler's stitch. 



In the Sewing Machine News, vol. 3, no. 5, p. 12 

 (1881), there were listed a number of then "defunct" 

 machines and companies. Among these are many 

 well-known names and little-known names for which 

 at least one additional reference can be found. 

 There are some, however, for which this is the only 

 reference to date. These are: Blanchard, Babcock, 

 Banner, Brown Rotary, Cottage, Cole, Duplex, 

 Economist, Erie, Gutman, Hill, Hancock & Bennett, 

 fenks, Lockmar, La Favorite, Learned, Leggett, 



McCoy, McCardy, Medallion, Mc Arthur & Co., 

 Monopoly, Moreau, Mack, Niagra, New Cannaan, 

 Orphean, Pride-of-the-West, Seamen & Guiness, 

 Surprise, Stackpole, Shanks, Stanford, Troy, Utica, 

 L T nited States Family, Weaver, Wagner, and Williams. 

 Some of these names may have been a ''special'" 

 name given to machines manufactured by one of the 

 known companies, but at least a few are names of 

 machines manufactured for a very short time prior 

 to 1881 about which we would like to know more. 



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