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Encyclopedia > Blanket stitch

The Blanket Stitch is also called a whip stitch. It is defined as "A decorative stitch used to finish an unhemmed blanket. The stitch can be seen on both sides of the blanket." This stitch has become popular for use with polar fleece produced by Malden Mills and Berkshire Blankets of Ware Massachusetts. This stitch has long been both an application by hand and as a machine sewn stitch. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Polar fleece is a soft napped insulating synthetic wool fabric made from PET. It was created in 1979 by Malden Mills; it was a new, light and strong pile fabric meant to mimic and in some ways surpass wool. ... Malden Mills Industries is the original manufacturer of Polartec polar fleece and manufactures other modern textiles. ...

A merrow blanket stitch (2007)

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Merrow (from Gaelic murúch) or Murrough (Galloway) is the Scottish and Irish Gaelic equivalent of the mermaid and mermen of other cultures. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Distinction between mechanical and hand-stitching

The blanket stitch as a hand stitch is also considered a crochet stitch Crochet Hooks Crochet (IPA: krəʊʃeɪ) is a process of creating fabric from yarn or thread. ...


As a mechanical stitch it is often defined as a whip stitch or a Merrow Machine Company Crochet Stitch. Merrow (from Gaelic murúch) or Murrough (Galloway) is the Scottish and Irish Gaelic equivalent of the mermaid and mermen of other cultures. ...


 -merrow industrial crochet machine 

History

The very first sewing machine to sew a blanket stitch was produced and patented by the Merrow Machine Company in 1877. The defining charactoristic of the crochet machine is its ability to sew with yarn and stitch thick goods with a consistent overlock edge. From 1877-1925 the machine evolved dramatically, and consequently so did the capacity of manufacturers to produce goods with the whip stitch. A modern machine (Singer Symphonie 300) A sewing machine is a mechanical (or electromechanical) device that joins fabric using thread. ... “Merrow” redirects here. ... Crochet Hooks Crochet (IPA: krəʊʃeɪ) is a process of creating fabric from yarn or thread. ... The purl stitch (2007) // Overlock stitching, also commonly known in the textile industry as “merrowing”, was invented by the Merrow Machine Company in 1881. ...


In the early 1990s Chinese manufacturers copied the design of the original crochet sewing machines.


Intellectual Property

The Merrow Sewing Machine Company retains a patent on the mechanism that creates the blanket stitch. The Crochet Sewing Machine has been modified hundreds of times since its introduction in 1877. Merrow Sewing Machine Company, based in West Wareham, Massachusetts, is one of the most recognized brands of textile equipment in the world. ... A modern machine (Singer Symphonie 300) A sewing machine is a mechanical (or electromechanical) device that joins fabric using thread. ...


In 2007 Merrow Machine Company renewed the patent for the whip stitch and is currently involved in litigation with several chinese firms who are accused of violating Merrow Machine Company intellectual property rights. Merrow (from Gaelic murúch) or Murrough (Galloway) is the Scottish and Irish Gaelic equivalent of the mermaid and mermen of other cultures. ...


Style

There are many styles of production blanket stitching. Some rolled, narrow, with elastic, and traditional.


The blanket stitch is commonly used as a decorative stitch on an array of garments; beyond blankets to sweaters, outerwear, swimsuits, home furnishings, and much more. The blanket stitch is a name which has come to describe the application of the stitch rather than its actual use.


Types of Blanket Stitching

Rolled Edge

 -A merrow rolled blanket stitch 

Merrow (from Gaelic murúch) or Murrough (Galloway) is the Scottish and Irish Gaelic equivalent of the mermaid and mermen of other cultures. ...

Narrow Edge

 -A merrow narrow blanket stitch 

Merrow (from Gaelic murúch) or Murrough (Galloway) is the Scottish and Irish Gaelic equivalent of the mermaid and mermen of other cultures. ...

Traditional Edge



 

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