![]() ![]() It’s accomplished by “running” a threaded needle in and out of fabric, either in a sewing motion or as individual stab stitches. Other types of thread like animal and human hair and other plant fibers, such as the midribs of various species of leaves and strong narrow vines, were also used.Ĭreated independently around the world, the running stitch (Figures 1, 2, and 3) is the simplest and easiest of all stitches and is a member of the line stitch family. The oldest known sewing thread is flax it’s about 34,000 years old, was discovered in a cave in the country of Georgia, and was probably the result of naturally occurring rotted flax stems. ![]() A point from another possible needle was found in a cave in South Africa and is dated around 61,000 years ago. ![]() This needle is under 3 inches (8 cm) in length, has an eye, is made of bird bone, and is thought to date back some 50,000 years. The Denisovans were an archaic species of humans before Homo sapiens. The world’s earliest needle was discovered in a Siberian Denisova cave. One can assume an eyed needle (not an awl) led to sewing, which meant the creation of the running stitch, used on clothing, shoes, hats, and other needed items such as storage bags, bedding, and shelter (and probably the whip stitch for sewing animal skins together). The history of the running stitch is really the history of the needle and thread. ![]()
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