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DiMa

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Nov 29, 2009, 11:56:01 PM11/29/09
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Hi all,

I am having a very bad memory moment and I need your help.

What is the name of one of those useful things that you use when turning
something inside out.
Like a teddy bear arm, about 8 inches long and I need to turn it right side
out after sewing it.

Help please.

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Polly Esther

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Nov 30, 2009, 12:05:25 AM11/30/09
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I just turned a teddy bear, Di, but the tool of choice here is pretty short;
3" at best. I think it's called a NitPicker and its original use was to
slip a pull from a knit sweater down to the inside of the garment. Maybe
you're thinking of that Purple Thang? If the arm is not skinny, just lots of
things could be your weapon of choice including a pencil (eraser first),
knitting needle, screwdriver? Polly


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DiMa

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Nov 30, 2009, 12:20:43 AM11/30/09
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Hello Polly,

Thanks for the post.

The reason I need to know the name was because I broke a friends and said I
would replace it.
She went on about how long she had had it so I now feel bad and am hoping to
replace it. It was a really great item and I wish I had one to give back.

I just didn't know the name but, having spent the last 20 minutes on the
internet looking through hundreds of sewing notions/gadgets websites, I
think I found what it is called - a Point Turner - but they look nothing
like Robyn's. I use anything that will do the job at home, but this was such
a simple thing to use.

Oh well, I will keep looking - I am hopeful of replacing the exact thing for
her.

My teddy is going to look so cool when he is finished.

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Sartorresartus

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Nov 30, 2009, 3:49:29 AM11/30/09
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Without looking at the gadget inquestion, I am guessing.

Long blue plasitic bodkin-type thing with an eye about 1/3 down=
Clover loop turner

Metal rod with tiny latch hook at one end= Prym loop turner

Here's a site with illustrations of both and a few more, including the
point turners

http://www.sewessential.co.uk/Category.asp?CategoryID=205&NumPerPage=5&page=1

Hope these help.
Nel
(gadget Queen)

DiMa

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Nov 30, 2009, 4:54:02 AM11/30/09
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Hello Nel,

Thanks for that link, unfortunately the particular style of gadget is not on
there. It was about 6-8 inches long, white 'tuff' stuff, with a rounded
point on one end, and a flatter type of point on the other. No holes.
We know what a screwdriver looks like, well the 'screwing point/rounded
point' is the bit I broke off - it was only about 1-1/2 inches and quite a
bit thinner than the rest just like the screwdriver. Gosh, I hope that
makes sense.

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Sartorresartus

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Nov 30, 2009, 4:58:37 AM11/30/09
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Try this link. Not the top gadget (on this occasion lol) but the two
underneath. Are these more like it?

http://www.beaconfabric.com/vindex.html?cat261.htm

Nel
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DiMa

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Nov 30, 2009, 7:21:00 AM11/30/09
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No, I have the green ones, wish I had taken them on holidays with me, it
would have saved this hassle.

I am going to ring Robyn tomorrow and ask her if she would accept the other
point turner, not the collar one, the other white one.

Thanks for all your help Nel, I have been a pain saying no to your
suggestions and getting you and Polly to try and help me, I am so grateful.

Cheers,

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Kate XXXXXX

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Nov 30, 2009, 7:46:16 AM11/30/09
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DiMa wrote:
> No, I have the green ones, wish I had taken them on holidays with me, it
> would have saved this hassle.
>
> I am going to ring Robyn tomorrow and ask her if she would accept the other
> point turner, not the collar one, the other white one.
>
> Thanks for all your help Nel, I have been a pain saying no to your
> suggestions and getting you and Polly to try and help me, I am so grateful.
>
> Cheers,
>
Some more ideas:

http://www.cjpatterns.com/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=CJP&Product_Code=12
http://www.fashion-incubator.com/archive/three_nifty_hand_tools/
http://www.createforless.com/InterchangeData/images/3/2008/0613/2008061702025492008-0613-7218.jpg
http://www.createforless.com/InterchangeData/images/3/2004/0526/2007051719575942004-0526-0003.jpg
http://threadsandthings.com.au/store/products/item666.html
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Bonnie Patterson

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Nov 30, 2009, 7:51:00 AM11/30/09
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chop stick?

Roberta

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Nov 30, 2009, 9:53:54 AM11/30/09
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No idea what the special tool might be called. I use either a
hemostat, a chopstick, or an orphan knitting needle, depending. Or if
it's a tube, the Fasturn gadget.
Roberta in D

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Mary

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Nov 30, 2009, 10:21:18 AM11/30/09
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It is a BODKIN, and for you trivia fans, happens to be a tool
mentioned in Hamlet.

Julia in MN

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Nov 30, 2009, 11:43:51 AM11/30/09
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I have a white plastic one that looks a lot like the bamboo point turner
shown at
<http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/4276/five-must-have-sewing-tools>.
I've had it a long time I have no idea where I got it but I do like it.

Julia in MN

DiMa wrote:
> Hello Nel,
>
> Thanks for that link, unfortunately the particular style of gadget is not on
> there. It was about 6-8 inches long, white 'tuff' stuff, with a rounded
> point on one end, and a flatter type of point on the other. No holes.
> We know what a screwdriver looks like, well the 'screwing point/rounded
> point' is the bit I broke off - it was only about 1-1/2 inches and quite a
> bit thinner than the rest just like the screwdriver. Gosh, I hope that
> makes sense.
>


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Bamboo version at Nancy's Notions:
<http://www.nancysnotions.com/p2p/searchResults.do?method=view&search=basic&keyword=point+turner&sortby=newArrivals&page=1>
or <http://tinyurl.com/ya4f3p2>.
Plastic one like mine at Clotilde
<http://www.clotilde.com/list.html?criteria=point+turner&x=0&y=0> or
<http://tinyurl.com/ya5kdhq>

Julia in MN

Sartorresartus

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Nov 30, 2009, 12:05:38 PM11/30/09
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On Nov 30, 3:21 pm, Mary <mlow...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> It is a BODKIN, and for you trivia fans, happens to be a tool
> mentioned in Hamlet.

No, bodkins have holes, slits or other orifices to thread elastic,
ribbon, wool or other things-that-need-threading-through.

This seems to be a pokative, pokey-stick or prodder for getting into
tight corners.

=D

Nel

Sally Swindells

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Nov 30, 2009, 2:51:09 PM11/30/09
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What about these:

Quick Turn-Fabric Tube Turners
at http://www.creativegrids.com/acatalog/Notions___Other_Items.html

(right at the bottom of the page which is in the New Section - Notions etc.)

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DiMa

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Nov 30, 2009, 4:42:37 PM11/30/09
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Oh I do love all the people on this group, so information and cheerful. What
a great way to start the day here in Aus.

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Di
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Polly Esther

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Nov 30, 2009, 5:33:37 PM11/30/09
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Nevermind the mushy stuff. Have you figured out what you're looking for?
Polly


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NightMist

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Nov 30, 2009, 6:04:55 PM11/30/09
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Bodkins do not have holes!
They are sharp and pointy, and would be utterly useless for turning
tubes.

Optimal for tube turning combines the pokative and hooky qualities.
Hence my tool of choice for such things is usually a long crochet hook
and a safety pin. Unless it is a yards long tube, in which case I will
lay twine in the fold, then sew the end of the twine down at the end
of the tube, and pull the twine which brings the end through.

The only time I can recall seeing a thing for turning on a store shelf
it was a telescoping stick with a latch hook on the end. It did not
look very sturdy, and I do not recall what they called it.

NightMist


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>=3DD
>
>Nel

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Nov 30, 2009, 6:16:07 PM11/30/09
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> Bodkins do not have holes!
> They are sharp and pointy, and would be utterly useless for turning
> tubes.
>
> Optimal for tube turning combines the pokative and hooky qualities.
> Hence my tool of choice for such things is usually a long crochet hook
> and a safety pin. Unless it is a yards long tube, in which case I will
> lay twine in the fold, then sew the end of the twine down at the end
> of the tube, and pull the twine which brings the end through.
>
> The only time I can recall seeing a thing for turning on a store
> shelf it was a telescoping stick with a latch hook on the end. It
> did not look very sturdy, and I do not recall what they called it.

A blind person's folding white stick with a crocodile clip fixed
on the end? (I've got both here - might try that sometime).

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Sandy E

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Nov 30, 2009, 6:44:00 PM11/30/09
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Howdy!

*snort* You feel passionate about your bodkins, huh? <g>

That Purple Thang - gads, those Thangs were everywhere, a few years
ago. It pokes, it turns, it pushes, it doubles as jewelry.

http://store.quilting-warehouse.com/086283.html

http://www.roserushbrooke.com/that-purple-thang.html

Amazing I've quilted this long without one.

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DiMa

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Oh Polly, no I haven't found it yet but it is called a "Point Turner" but
not the same type I broke.
I will buy one of the other ones and apologise profusely again.

Cheers,


Di
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Sartorresartus

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Actually (lol) we're both right!

Bodkins come in both flavours.

>>bod·kin (bdkn)
n.
1. A small, sharply pointed instrument for making holes in fabric or
leather.
2. A blunt needle for pulling tape or ribbon through a series of loops
or a hem.
3. A long hairpin, usually with an ornamental head.
4. Printing An awl or pick for extracting letters from set type.
5. A dagger or stiletto.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Middle English boidekin.]<<
Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bodkins

Pedants are us, OK? ;-))

And whilst I was looking at that, I found this for Di:
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.wmboothdraper.com/store/images/notions-bodkins.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.wmboothdraper.com/store/index.php%3Fmain_page%3Dproduct_info%26products_id%3D282&h=318&w=200&sz=45&tbnid=tqy5qdbsJbD9WM:&tbnh=118&tbnw=74&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbodkins&hl=en&usg=__tyZNkIkgEb1WSL9O32OhiPU2LyY=&ei=VK0US6GbDZnMjAfKxqGPBg&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=6&ct=image&ved=0CBsQ9QEwBQ

Eek! That's a huge link! Pretty things, though!

Nel
(Gadget Queen)

Roberta

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So Hamlet's tool would have been the last one, a weapon that could be
hidden easily.
Roberta in D

Pat in Virginia

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Try searching for a BODKIN.
GL, Pat

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NightMist

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Oh my they have some yummy notions!

Obviously I must speak sternly to my computer for they have never
turned up on any of my searches for linen or hemp, and those are some
very pretty prices.

NightMist

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>Actually (lol) we're both right!
>
>Bodkins come in both flavours.
>

>>>bod=B7kin (bdkn)


>n.
>1. A small, sharply pointed instrument for making holes in fabric or
>leather.
>2. A blunt needle for pulling tape or ribbon through a series of loops
>or a hem.
>3. A long hairpin, usually with an ornamental head.
>4. Printing An awl or pick for extracting letters from set type.
>5. A dagger or stiletto.
>

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>
>[Middle English boidekin.]<<
>Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bodkins
>
>Pedants are us, OK? ;-))
>
>And whilst I was looking at that, I found this for Di:

>http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=3Dhttp://www.wmboothdraper.com/store/=
>images/notions-bodkins.gif&imgrefurl=3Dhttp://www.wmboothdraper.com/store/i=
>ndex.php%3Fmain_page%3Dproduct_info%26products_id%3D282&h=3D318&w=3D200&sz=
>=3D45&tbnid=3Dtqy5qdbsJbD9WM:&tbnh=3D118&tbnw=3D74&prev=3D/images%3Fq%3Dbod=
>kins&hl=3Den&usg=3D__tyZNkIkgEb1WSL9O32OhiPU2LyY=3D&ei=3DVK0US6GbDZnMjAfKxq=
>GPBg&sa=3DX&oi=3Dimage_result&resnum=3D6&ct=3Dimage&ved=3D0CBsQ9QEwBQ


>
>Eek! That's a huge link! Pretty things, though!
>
>Nel
>(Gadget Queen)
>

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Di, can you explain exactly what this thing looked like? You say it has a
handle? And it's white? I have more tools than you can imagine, but I just
can't figure out what it is.

Cindy


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DiMa

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Hi Cindy,
I have just asked Robyn to take a picture of it so I can show you all.
She is a bit busy at the moment with her eldest daughter's divorce mess so
will get back to me as soon as she can.

Thank you for your offer.

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