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To buy a sewing machine and rekindle my childhood love of buttons, beads, trinkets and threads. Crompton hoped ... and had collected quite a few bobbins over the years. The trusty cast iron ...

The best sewing machines for kids offer a simple selection of stitch options and also have safety features to keep little fingers from getting caught.

To keep track of the threads, each is wound around a bobbin. Either technique was time-consuming and the final product expensive, even though the maker earned little. Early efforts at speeding the ...

It also has a built-in light to enhance the light source while sewing and a thread rewind lever for refilling the bobbin from a large spool. It’s also designed with a thread cutter to help cut ...

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Graham Golas, what Quinn Wunar calls a "true angler," has taken a varied path into the wide variety of fishing around Chicago and the suburbs.

Spinners, often girls, would fill bobbins or cones with thread, and doffers, usually boys, would replace them on the device. When a family started working at his mill, one owner said, "it was the ...

The six-hour drive from Hanoi north to Sapa is slow but beguiling. Streetside food vendors are busy even on the city’s ...

Working in railways, mines, and mills caused thousands of deaths in the early 20th century and before. Photos show the dangerous workplaces.