Throughout history,

lockstitch A lockstitch is the most common mechanical stitch made by a sewing machine. The term "single needle stitching", often found on dress shirt labels, refers to lockstitch. Structure The lockstitch uses two threads, an upper and a lower. Locksti ...

sewing machine A sewing machine is a machine used to sew fabric and materials together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. Since the inv ...

s have used a variety of methods to drive their

bobbin A bobbin or spool is a spindle or cylinder, with or without flanges, on which yarn, thread, wire, tape or film is wound. Bobbins are typically found in industrial textile machinery, as well as in sewing machines, fishing reels, tape measure ...

s so as to create the lockstitch.

"Rotating shuttle"

The term rotating shuttle is ambiguous. Sometimes it refers to a bobbin case, and sometimes it refers to a rotary hook design.See e.g. (ironically filed by Wheeler & Wilson), or

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