Clover Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Kumiko Nitta

Chihiro Iwasaki

Katsuhiko Ozeki

Mariko Yamaguchi

An instrument for making a ribbon embellishment is provided. The instrument is made up of a ring-shaped plate, and a plurality of extensions each extending from the ring-shaped plate toward the center of the circular plate. The plurality of extensions include a first extension, a second extension and a third extension, and the first extension has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. In plan view, the second extension faces the first surface of the first extension, and the third extension faces the second surface of the first extension.

Instrument for making ribbon embellishment

End portion of handicraft gauge

An assisting tool is provided for making a tufted ornament having a bunch of threads. The assisting tool includes a first frame and a second frame that form a generally rectangular shape when assembled. The first and second frames have first and second thread hanging portions, respectively, that are spaced apart from each other in a first direction. Each thread hanging portion extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The assisting tool further includes a length adjuster for adjustably varying the length in the first direction from the first thread hanging portion to the second thread hanging portion by allowing the first and second frames to slide toward or away from each other.

Assisting tool for making ornament

A yarn twisting device is simple in structure but capable of easily producing twisted yarn made of a plurality of yarn pieces twisted together. The yarn twisting device includes: a case; an operation wheel rotatably supported by the case so that an outer circumference of the operation wheel is partly exposed outside the case; and a plurality of yarn holding shafts supported by the case so as to protrude from one surface of the case and that axially rotate with the rotation of the operation wheel in the same direction.

Yarn twisting device and method for producing twisted yarn using the same

A bead weaving tool includes a plate member having a planar bead mounting surface for bead placement. The plate member has a pair of thread holding portions mutually spaced across the bead mounting surface for holding a plurality of threads separately. The plate member also has a pair of thread support walls protruding from the bead mounting surface at positions close to the thread holding portions, respectively. To hook one end and the other end of the respective threads, first and second thread hanging portions are provided.

Bead weaving tool

A cloth presser includes a grip portion, a first press end and a second press end. The grip portion is elongated, having a straight longitudinal axis. The first press end and the second press end are spaced apart from each other, with the grip portion intervening between the first press end and the second press end. The first press end is configured to make point contact with an object such as a piece of cloth, and the second press end is configured to make surface contact with the object.

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Osaka, Japan

Kumiko Nitta