Crafters what is this thread used for?
#12
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#13
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It looked like crewel thread to me, but I have no idea what the tool would have been used for. I am a crewel embroiderer and glad to hear crewel embroidery on the upswing.
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Wooly nylon is highly elastic and soft, usually used in sergers for active wear knits like swimwear. It is an inexpensive thread so unless doing a lot of garment making or have a special use for it why keep it.
#17
The thread and needle are for needle punch. This size is for an embroidery type of finished that is nice and full. I use to do this and am sure I still have both the rug, which is much larger, and the smaller tool and thread, like you are showing. It punches through the back side of your pattern and leave a perfect loop on the other side. There is a latex finish to lock the thread on the back side that is used for rugs and can be used on pieces of the smaller embroidery sizes.