Hand stitching tool

Abstract

The hand stitching tool can be used to create knit- and crochet-like stitches for making entire garments as well as for seaming together the pieces of a garment, surface embellishing, stitching on beads, creating unique knit-like and crochet-like edgings, stitching fabric or leather, applying fringe, stitching needlepoint canvas, jewelry making, and many other applications. The stitching tool can be used to create basic knit-like and crochet-like stitches by using it in the way shown in the drawings. A variety of other stitch patterns can be created by manipulating the stitch tool. The user creates the stitches one stitch at a time by inserting the needle into the stitch while the other hand holds the newly formed stitch. The yarn carriers carry the yarn making it easier to control than with traditional knitting needles or crochet hooks, and two strands of yarn can be used simultaneously. Some stitches or fabrics can be made with the tool that cannot be made with traditional knitting needles or crochet hooks The tool is easier to learn than traditional knitting needles or crochet hooks, and this method is faster than traditional methods of knitting and crocheting. The tool is portable and fits in the palm of the hand. The tool does not require multiple sizes to create different size stitches. Any item that can normally be made by hand knitting or crocheting can be made on the tool.

1 . There are hand knitting needles and crochet hooks and other yarn-using tools on the market. The most common devices are knitting needles and crochet hooks. The advantages we claim for our device over these traditional methods of creating knit and crochet fabric are as follows: 
 It is easier to learn to create knit-like and crochet-like stitches using our device because the stitches are formed one stitch at a time.    No knitting or crochet experience is necessary.    It is more comfortable to use due to the way the tool is held (as a pencil would be held).    The yarn cannot drop off the device.    The stitches are less likely to be dropped, since there is only one live stitch open at a time; unlike with traditional needles where an entire row of stitches can be dropped.    Unlike with traditional knitting and crochet, the user does not carry the yarn through his fingers, the yarn carrier does this, leaving the user in better control of forming the stitches with a better understanding of how the stitches are formed.    The fabric created by the device is not limited in size or shape, as it can be shaped by increasing and decreasing stitches.    The device can create a variety of different knit- and crochet-like stitches depending on how the needle is inserted into the loops.    The device can also create stitches that are unlike traditional knit and crochet stitches.    The device can use a wide range of thicknesses and types of yarn or filaments.    Stitches of different sizes can be created by using the stitch tensioners to adjust the size of the stitch.    The device has other uses which include seaming or sewing, surface embellishing, applying beads, making knit-like and crochet-like jewelry, applying trims, stitching on canvas, and many other applications.    Due to how the stitches are formed, the fabric created by the device does not curl, as is typical with traditional knitted fabric.    Yarn carriers make the yarn (or other stitching material) less likely to tangle when in use.    The fabric created by the device is much loftier and more dimensional than fabric created by knitting and crocheting.    The device offers users an alternative to knitting and crocheting, which would be of interest to both experienced knitters or crocheters as well as to non-knitters and crocheters.    It is easy for a child to learn to use this tool because of the nature of the way the stitches are formed.