SEW
MADE OF BONE, WOOD, PEWTER, PLASTIC, OR SILICONE, THESE LITTLE BELL-SHAPED DEVICES PROTECT FINGERS FROM NEEDLES
THIMBLES
SOMETHING DIFFICULT TO FIND OR DISCOVER
A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK
DOING SOMETHING UNPLEASANT IS SOMETIMES LIKENED TO DOING THIS
PULLING TEETH
THE THREADS ARE FARTHER APART ON THIS TYPE OF SCREW THAN ON A MACHINE SCREW
WOOD SCREW
ANOTHER NAME FOR SANTA CLAUS
ST. NICK
THE STANDARD SEAM ALLOWANCE MEASUREMENT USED IN U.S. PATTERNS FOR HOME SEWING
5/8"
THE NAME OF THIS TYPE OF NEEDLE LITERALLY MEANS "UNDER THE SKIN"
HYPODERMIC
SOMEONE TELLING YOU A FALSE STORY MAY BE SAID TO BE PULLING YOUR WHAT
LEG
FOR PRECISION (AND SUPPOSEDLY LESS PAIN), USE A LOOP OF TWISTED THREAD INSTEAD OF TWEEZERS TO SHAPE THESE
EYEBROWS
COOKIES SPRINKLED WITH CINNAMON AND SUGAR
SNICKERDOODLES
IN 1846, HE WAS AWARDED THE FIRST U.S. PATENT FOR A LOCK-STITCH SEWING MACHINE
ELIAS HOWE
A TOOL THAT HELPS TO GRIP SMALL ITEMS OR PLACE THINGS INTO SMALL SPACES
NEEDLE-NOSE PLIERS
WHILE MAKING THIS CANDY, THE PROCESS OF PULLING INCORPORATES AIR INTO IT, MAKING IT LIGHTER AND CHEWIER
TAFFY
THE POINTED TIP AND ATTACHED FIBER OF THIS PLANT LEAF CAN BE USED AS A NEEDLE AND THREAD
YUCCA
METALLIC ELEMENT THAT GIVES WHITE GOLD ITS COLOR
NICKEL
THESE TOOTHED COMPONENTS OF A SEWING MACHINE WORK WITH THE PRESSER FOOT TO MOVE FABRIC UNDER THE NEEDLE
FEED DOGS
BUILT FOR THE 1962 WORLD'S FAIR IN SEATTLE, IT STANDS 605 FEET TALL
SPACE NEEDLE
A PERSON BEHIND THE SCENES WHO IS IN CONTROL IS PULLING THESE, AS A PUPPETEER MIGHT DO
STRINGS
COAT THREAD WITH THIS TO HELP IT MOVE FREELY THROUGH FABRIC WHEN SEWING
WAX
DOING SOMETHING AT THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT IS DONE IN...
THE NICK OF TIME
BY CUTTING A TYPICAL YARD OF FABRIC IN HALF ONCE WITH THE GRAIN AND IN HALF ONCE ACROSS THE GRAIN, YOU END UP WITH 4 OF THESE APTLY NAMED PIECES
FAT QUARTERS
CONSISTING OF SINGLE TEA BUDS THAT ARE HARVESTED ONLY A FEW DAYS EACH YEAR, THIS TEA IS ONE OF THE RAREST AND MOST EXPENSIVE
SILVER NEEDLE TEA
A JAPANESE ONE OF THESE TOOLS CUTS ON THE PULL STROKE, NOT ON THE PUSH STROKE
PULL SAW
"THREAD" IS THE FIRST STAGE OF THIS PROCESS, FOLLOWED BY SOFT-BALL, FIRM-BALL, HARD-BALL, SOFT-CRACK, HARD-CRACK, AND CARAMEL
CANDY MAKING
EARLY 20TH CENTURY CINEMA, NAMED FOR ITS COST OF ADMISSION AND THE GREEK WORD FOR "THEATRE"
NICKELODEON