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Embroidery / Digitizing Glossary - 123Digitizing about:reader?url=http://www.123digitizing.com/embroidery-digitizing-gl... 4 of 8 10/28/2016 12:11 AM tearing away excess backing, removing topping, cleaning any stains, pressing or steaming to remove wrinkles or hoop marks and packaging for sale or shipment. Flagging Up and down motion of goods under action of the needle, so named because of its resemblance to a waving flag. It is often caused by improper framing (hooping) of goods. Flagging may result in poor registration, unsatisfactory stitch formation and birdnesting. Frame Holding device for insertion of goods under an embroidery head for the application of embroidery. May employ a number of means for maintaining stability during the embroidery process, including clamps, vacuum devices, magnets or springs. See "hoop" for more information. Guide Stitch Running stitches used to assist in placement of an applique or in the placement of a die for cutting of emblems, also called a cut line. Hook Holds the bobbin case in the machine and plays a vital role in stitch formation. Making two complete rotations for each stitch, its point meets a loop of top thread at a precisely-timed moment and distance (gap) to form a stitch. Hook Timing Proper synchronization of hook's rotary and needle's up/down movement; necessary to form stitches. Hoop Device made from wood, plastic or steel with which fabric is gripped tightly between an inner ring and an outer ring and attached to the machine's pantograph. Machine hoops are designed to push the fabric to the bottom of the inner ring and hold it against the machine bed for embroidering. Hooping Aid or Hooping Device Device that aids in hooping garments or items for embroidery, in order to enhance hooping efficiency and consistency. Especially helpful for hooping multi-layered items and for uniformly hooping multiple items. Jump Stitch Movement of the frame without stitching but with take up lever and hook movement. Lettering Embroidery using letters or words. Lettering, commonly called “keyboard lettering,” may be created using an embroidery lettering program on a PC or from circuit boards that allow variance of letter style, size, height, density and other characteristics. Lock Stitch Also known as lock-down or tack-down stitch, a lock stitch is formed by three or four consecutive stitches of at least a 10-point movement. It should be used at the end of all columns, fills and at the end of any element in your design where jump stitches will follow, such as color changes or the end of a design. Lock stitches may be sewn in a triangle, star or in a straight line. Lock stitch is also the name of the type of stitch
Embroidery / Digitizing Glossary - 123Digitizing about:reader?url=http://www.123digitizing.com/embroidery-digitizing-gl... 5 of 8 10/28/2016 12:11 AM formed by the hook and needle of home sewing machines, as well as computerized embroidery machines. Logo Graphic mark or symbol commonly used by companies, organizations and even individuals to aid and promote instant public recognition. Logos can be purely graphic symbols/icons (logomark - e.g. Apple) or just the name of the organization (logotype or wordmark - e.g. Google) or the combination of the two (lockup - e.g. McDonald's Golden Arches with their name underneath or across). Looping Loops on the surface of embroidery generally caused by poor top tension or tension problems. Typically occurs when polyester top thread has been improperly tensioned. Machine Language or Machine Format The embroidery digitizing codes and formats used by different machine manufacturers within the embroidery industry. Common formats include Barudan, Brother, Fortran, Happy, Marco, Meistergram, Melco, Pfaff, Stellar, Tajima, Toyota, Ultramatic and ZSK. Most embroidery digitizing systems can save designs in these languages so the computer disk can be read by the embroidery machine. Also see "file format" Merrowed Edge A merrowed edge is a 3/16" overlocked sewn edge done to secure the cut fabric from unravelling. Usually used for the bottom edge of emblems, pant cuffs or garment interior cut edges. Monogram Embroidered design composed of one or more stylized letters, usually the initials in a name. Needle Small, slender piece of steel with a hole for thread and a point for stitching fabric. A machine needle differs from a handwork needle; the machine needle's eye is found at its pointed end. Machine embroidery needles come with sharp points for piercing heavy, tightly woven fabrics; ball points, which glide between the fibers of knits; and a variety of specialty points, such as wedge points, which are used for leather. See "Embroidery Tips and Techniques" page for more information. Nippers Small, scissors-like cutting tool specifically designed for thread trimming, during finishing of embroidery. Puckering Result of the fabric being gathered into small folds or wrinkles by the stitches, caused by incorrect density, loose hooping, having no backing, incorrect tension or a dull needle. Push Compensation and Pull Compensation Deliberate counteraction digitized into a design to compensate for thread push and/or pull effect that would otherwise cause a 10mm wide stitch (for example) to shrink to a 9mm stitch. Also see Compensation and Push and Pull below. Push and Pull The distortion of design elements caused by the interaction of the needle, thread, backing and machine tensions. In most cases the element and/or the fabric are causing either push or pull, but not both. The
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