Abstract: An independent thread tension apparatus and method has a thread support where the thread support releasably retains thread. A motor is connected with the thread support and a controller is connected with the motor such that the controller operates to move the thread support in a first direction as thread is pulled off the thread support in a second direction opposite to the first direction such that a selected tension is added to the thread.

Abstract: There is provided a sewing assembly that comprises a plurality of pins for receiving spools of thread, a plurality of thread cutters and retainers adjacent an extremity of the container, a plurality of slots located therebetween, and a needle threader. Thread unwound from a thread spool and received within a respective slot is cut by pressing the unwound thread at a desired length within a respective thread cutter so as to cut the unwound thread and simultaneously retain uncut thread within a respective thread retainer.

Abstract: Described are unique jewelry storage and display apparatuses that can be modular and than can include modules adapted beneficially to store and display differing types of jewelry. Also described are individual modules that can be used separately or combined to form an overall combined jewelry storage and display apparatus.

Abstract: A thread dispenser for use when installing hair extensions comprised of a base supporting a spool on a vertical spindle. The top of the base has a guide with a catch to hold and guide the thread towards a cutter on top of the base. The cutter includes a cartridge with a replaceable blade. The blade is recessed and exposed through a mouth for safety. The base includes a plurality of needle holding apertures. Optionally included is a drawer in the base and a tension nut holding the spool onto the spindle.

Abstract: Quality assurance in sewing a textile sewn sequentially in a plurality of workstations (11) can be provided using a carriage 14 that can be moved between the workstations (11). Should a needle (12) break off in a workstation (11), the carriage (14) is moved to this workstation (11). The fragments (13) of the needle (12) are arranged in the container (20) and once it has been established that all the fragments (13) have been removed from the workstation (11) a replacement needle is provided for this workstation. The container (20) has an accommodation space (21) delimited by a main body (22) and a lid (23). A retaining magnet (34) is arranged in the region of a base (32) of the main body (22) extending along one axis (A) to retain magnetizable fragments (13) of a needle (12).

Abstract: A container is described for storing various tools and items for sewing in an organized manner and facilitating the process of sewing (e.g., for sewn in hair extensions) for example, by distributing thread. In an example embodiment, the introduced container comprises a housing within which one or more spools of thread can be stored on one or more spindles. The housing can be enclosed by a container top that includes a threading hole through which thread from the one or more spools can be extracted from the interior of the housing, while in use. Further, the container top can include a pin and/or needle holder such as a pin cushion. The container may include additional features such as a bracket for holding a pair of scissors and a drawer for stowing extra thread and/or needles.

Abstract: A jewelry storage system includes a first elongated section, a second elongated section, and a third elongated section. The system further includes a necklace panel, an earring panel, a ring bar, an earring shelf, a cylindrical bracelet bar, a panel, and a locking mechanism having a plurality of slots extending partially through the thickness of the first side of the second elongated section; and a tab rigidly secured to the panel and removably attached to the plurality of slots.

Abstract: The present invention provides a low profile storage rack that attaches to the rear/interior surface of a kitchen cabinet door. The low profile storage rack includes a rear surface that confronts the rear of the door, a front surface opposite the rear surface, and a plurality of rows of ledges that extend outwardly perpendicularly relative to the storage rack width and height. Optionally, the storage rack has a low profile (thickness) so that it may fit into the unused space between the cabinet door, the cabinet face frame, and the shelves contained therein and is light weight so that the storage rack can be attached to a cabinet door with non-damaging, removable frame/poster hangers or other reusable adhesives.

Abstract: A device links thread spools with matching bobbins, using a rubber band. A cap or head extends down through a center bobbin hole and has a hook at its lower end. The rubber band is connected to this hook and extended down through the center hole of a thread spool. The rubber band is then spread open, stretched around the spool and over the top of the bobbin, and slipped into a groove at the top of the cap or head, thereby retaining the bobbin against the top of the spool. Provision is included for curtailing the length of the band when needed for a shorter spool. This can be a bead slidable on the rubber band, or multiple parallel grooves on the top of the cap, to take up some of the length of the band.

Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of a yarn-carrying and dispensing apparatus. The embodiments described allow knitters to easily transport, carry and use balls of yarn for knitting. The embodiments prevent the ball of yarn from rolling away or getting tangled or intertwined. The embodiments also easily and smoothly dispense the yarn, making the knitting more efficient and easier for the knitter.

Abstract: A storage chest for sewing materials comprises a plurality of tiers (2, 4, 6, 8) at least one of which can retain a number of individual materials in fixed positions. Cotton reels are preferably retained on dowels the height of which relative to the tier spacing allows reels to be removed. Tiers (4, 6, 8) may be supported on a central pillar supported on the base tier (2). The pillar comprises pillar sections (26, FIG. 4) having a base portion (28) with an internal thread corresponding to a threaded cylindrical portion (32) such that two sections (26) can be screwed together sandwiching between them a support plate (48, FIG. 7) and tier (4, 6). Knobs (36, 38, FIGS. 5 & 6) may secure the pillar and top and bottom tiers together. Parts of two part cover (52, 54, FIG. 8) may be slid over the tiers when located on the pillar. Upper part (52) of the cover may include accessory box (60).

Abstract: An embroidery thread organizing card including a thread organizing structure having a front panel and a back panel, a barcode provided on a front side of the front panel near one corner thereof for material management, and instruction information provided on a rear side of the back panel showing things to be noted during embroidering, a plurality of information zones provided on the front side of the front panel, and a plurality of embroidery thread groups having a number and a location corresponding to that of the information zones and being clamped at an end to the thread organizing structure. Each of the information zones shows a thread color sample and information related to the use of the corresponding embroidery thread group. A user picking a thread for embroidery can at the same time obtain information related to the picked thread, so as to avoid using a wrong thread and to embroider efficiently.

Abstract: A yarn carryall device comprising a portable chassis with a plurality of knitting accessory holders. The chassis comprises at least one spool cradle wherein the at least one spool cradle is configured to freely rotate therein at least one spool in a horizontal orientation. The device includes a plurality of knitting accessory holders coupled to the portable chassis. The spool may be empty so that a batch of yarn may be uploaded onto the spool for dispensing during the knitting or crocheting process.

Abstract: A series of shaped apertures are cut or stamped through the walls of a carrying case. Individual strands of elongated flexible material extend from organized rolls or spools of the material stored inside the case out through each of the apertures. The high friction rubberized wall material surrounding each aperture holds the extending strands for selecting and cutting a desired length.

Abstract: A yarn storage container 10 including a generally rectangular container member 20 divided into an upper 28 and lower 29 main compartment which are further divided by permanent 30 and removable 31 partitions into enlarged sub-compartments 40 and smaller compartments 41, 42 respectively provided with spaced rows of apertures 34, 35 for dispensing strands of yarn 100 from the respective compartments 40, 41, 42.

Abstract: The apparatus includes a plurality of yarn storage containers which receive skeins of different yarns which are to be interwoven to form a pattern in a knitted garment or article. The yarn containers include a removable top which contains a yarn outlet guide hole. The storage containers are mounted vertically on a horizontal base which has an upper plate that rotates and a lower plate that rests on the floor. About the periphery of the upper plate there are manually actuated turn pedals which may be operated by the foot or hand. As a garment or article is manually knitted, using different yarns in the pattern, the different yarns are twisted about each other forming unmanageable tangles as each leaves its skein due to the necessary manipulation of the yarns on the knitting needles. In use, this apparatus may be rotated manually in relation to the knitting procedure to obviate the formation of tangles in the yarns.

Abstract: A storage case and organizing insert for needlecraft material and accessories is disclosed. The organizer and storage case comprises a box-like container together with a replaceable organizer insert removably contained within the container.The removable organizer insert comprises a generally rectangular member constructed of a material which is easily penetrable by sewing needles. The top and bottom surfaces of the organizer insert are overlaid with material which is also easily penetrable by a needle. An organizational grid is provided on the material overlaying each of the top and bottom surfaces of the organizer insert.The organizational grids are provided with various rectangular spaces to serve as guides for locating the threaded needles and further provided with smaller areas for entering identification information such as thread numbers or symbols.

Abstract: A latch hook frame comprising a harp, a plurality of pegs, left and right tray supports and a tray, left and right legs and a main brace. The harp is characterized by a rectangular frame including a left member, a right member, three lateral members connected to the left member and to the right member, and a flat surface attached to the underside of the middle and front laterals. The plurality of pegs attach to the back lateral member of the harp and projecting therefrom, for holding the canvas. The left and right tray supports attach to the left and right members of the harp. The tray is connected pivotally to the left and right tray supports. The left and right legs are connected pivotally to the left and right members of the harp. The main brace connects to the left and right legs, and the left foot connects to left leg and the right foot connects to the right leg.

Abstract: A sewing accessory storage device includes a stationary base plate and rotatably mounted upper and lower storage trays secured in spaced relation on vertical hollow cylindrical columns. The lower storage tray has a plurality of radial dividers which provide separate storage compartments for miscellaneous items. The upper storage tray has a plurality of vertical spindles for storing bobbins and spools of thread. Scissor storage pockets are provided in the vertical column. A pin cushion having an arcuate convex curvature is secured at a top end of the vertical column.

Abstract: An assembly for holding and dispensing yarn from a skein of yarn includes a frame, a spindle and a basket. The frame is collapsible with two pairs of pivotally crossed legs spaced by four horizontal rods connecting the upper and lower portions of oppositely faced legs. Two of the legs are upwardly extended to a pair of journals which rotatably support the spindle which will hold a skein of yarn. The basket is formed from a piece of T-shaped cloth. Fasteners disposed on the cloth permit it to be detachably suspended from the upper horizontal rods and detachably folded into basket shape around the upper and lower horizontal rods.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a work article on a work surface. The apparatus includes a base member having an opening therein, a work article support member attached to and positioned above the base member, the work article support member having an opening therein positioned in at least partial alignment with the opening of the base member, and means attached to the base member and positioned between the base member and the work surface for allowing the base member and the work article support member to rotate with respect to the work surface. A storage tray having an opening positioned in at least partial alignment with the openings of the base member and the work article support member can be attached to the base member and positioned between the base member and the work article support member.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dispensing facility for differently colored skeins of yarn featuring a yarn tender operable to retain the yarn ends loosely captive and free of entanglement while being inverted as a group as a patterned crocheted workpiece is inverted at the end of each row of stitches. The yarn tender and the crocheted workpiece are both inverted in the same direction through one half a revolution preparatory to starting the next course of stitches. In one embodiment, the facility includes a compartmented storage receptacle for multiple skeins of colored yarns.

Abstract: A threaded spool storage apparatus having a plurality of transparent and rotatable cylindrical containers suitable for accommodating a plurality of multi-colored threaded spools is disclosed. Each cylindrical container is suitable for being removably mounted on an adjustable arm operably coupled to a base member means for accommodating thereto a plurality of lever means for operably manipulating the containers either outwards or inwards to permit thereto the storage, retrieval and replacement of the threaded spools. Moreover, a back portion member means is provided for bracing said containers. Preferably, the plurality of containers are arranged proximately along a horizontal plane; although, if desired, the plurality of containers may be arranged proximately adjacent from each other along a vertical plane suitable for sturdily mounting onto a side of a wall or on a horizontal base means.

Abstract: A method whereby patterned fabrics are knitted from plural sources of colored yarn without tangling of the yarn strands or need for repositioning the yarn sources during knitting by providing a yarn source holder for disposing a plurality of yarn balls in a linear array wherein the yarn strands are twisted during the knitting of the knit row and untwisted during the knitting of the purl row while maintaining the holder in a substantially stationary position.

Abstract: A sewing box assembled by hand from a minimal number of components molded from thermoplastic material. It includes a central tray, spool panels hinged to opposite sidewalls of the central tray and a pair of sidetrays hinged to the remaining sidewalls of the central tray. When the sidetrays and spool panels are pivoted to their open positions, the box has a cross-shaped configuration allowing access to sewing accessories in or on the spool panels, side trays and central tray. When the sidetrays and spool panel are moved to their closed position, the box is highly compact for the amount of storage it provides.

Abstract: An especially configured carrying box has a plurality of cantilever arms demountably and pivotably mounted therein and display panels are demountably suspended from the cantilever arms. The display panels have fastener devices thereon for demountably supporting miscellaneous articles in organized arrays.

Abstract: An article supporting assembly is provided that allows quick retrieval of articles mounted thereby, yet makes maximum utilization of the space occupied by the assembly for supporting articles. A center structure, at least two cover plates, and article supporting structures formed on at least one of the center structure and the cover plates are provided. At least two spanners are provided with first hinges for connecting one cover plate to one spanner, and the other cover plate to the other spanner so that the cover plates are pivotal with respect to the spanners, and second hinges for connecting the spanners to the center structure so that the spanners are pivotal with respect to the center structure. The center structure is mounted on a base and/or top of a housing so that it is pivotal with respect to the housing. The spanners, cover plates, and center structure may take a wide variety of forms.

Abstract: An article supporting assembly is provided that allows quick retrieval of articles mounted thereby, yet makes maximum utilization of the space occupied by the assembly for supporting articles. A center structure, at least two cover plates, and article supporting structures formed on at least one of the center structure and the cover plates are provided. At least two spanners are provided with first hinges for connecting one cover plate to one spanner, and the other cover plate to the other spanner so that the cover plates are pivotal with respect to the spanners, and second hinges for connecting the spanners to the center structure so that the spanners are pivotal with respect to the center structure. The center structure is mounted on a base and/or top of a housing so that it is pivotal with respect to the housing. The spanners, cover plates, and center structure may take a wide variety of forms.

Abstract: A thread storage apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of storage cards having holes along one edge for receiving loops of thread, and holes along the opposite edge for holding the cards in an expandable binder. The loops of yarn extend into a pocket to secure the free ends of the loops of thread, and the pocket is foldable over the back panel of the binder. Top and bottom end flaps may be provided to close the ends of the binder, and a front panel is provided as a front closure. An index card may be provided to assist in locating threads, and a use card may be provided for separating thread required for one project.

Abstract: A plurality of cantilever arms are demountably and pivotably attached in spaced relationship between a spaced pair of horizontally disposed mounting plates with those plates being supported on a suitable vertical surface. Each of the cantilever arms is provided with fasteners thereon from which a planar display panel is demountably suspended, with the display panel having fastener devices for demountably supporting miscellaneous articles thereon. In the preferred embodiment, the mounting plates are affixed to an internal vertical surface of an especially configured carrying box.

Abstract: The invention relates to a convenient pack for a fisherman to carry in his pocket or bag to contain spools of replacement leader line for carrying bait, etc., at the end of the main fishing line. The container comprises several compartments having central studs on which the spools are located, at least one wall of each compartment preferably being transparent for spool identification. Each compartment also has outlet means in the side wall through which the leader line is pulled out, but which do not permit it inadvertently to slip back into the compartment.

Abstract: A sewing box assembled by hand from a minimal number of components molded from thermoplastic material. It includes a central tray, spool panels hinged to opposite sidewalls of the central tray and a pair of sidetrays hinged to the remaining sidewalls of the central tray. When the sidetrays and spool panels are pivoted to their open positions, the box has a cross-shaped configuration allowing access to sewing accessories in or on the spool panels, side trays and central tray. When the sidetrays and spool panel are moved to their closed position, the box is highly compact for the amount of storage it provides.