Sew Sew
By ARM
@responsiveme (22926)
India
January 9, 2019 11:17pm CST
JOKE
Spool of Thread to Needle:How are you doing?
Needle to Spool : Sew Sew
I thought of this joke the minute I stepped into the shop. The store prides itself on having clothing of every hue. I suppose that's why they chose this decor.
I remember the small wooden cylinders around which yarns of various colours were wound up. One needed to have a lot,when the sewing machine was part of every household I knew. This was necessary to have the exact match ,whether to sew up the latest pattern in frocks or to darn the knee patch of the trousers that
was a result of a day spent scrambling in the fields
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@JudyEv (326127)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jan 19
@responsiveme My grandmother always liked to be given socks to darn as she found it hard to keep herself occupied. However because her eyesight was failing, she would use contrasting colours to darn the socks. It didn't really matter as the socks were worn on the farm and not as 'best' socks.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
10 Jan 19
@JudyEv thing is nowadays that would become a fashion too, maybe.
My mother still sews a lot,she feels it is calming
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@LadyDuck (459198)
• Switzerland
11 Jan 19
@responsiveme There are always little repair to make, or a button to sew.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
11 Jan 19
@LadyDuck yes, buttons. I see if I do not see on at once it gets lost
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
10 Jan 19
Yes ,a perfect match makes a repair perfect
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@shaggin (71663)
• United States
10 Jan 19
When I was small my mother worked in a shop that made lingerie. I remember seeing along the wall all the huge spools of yarn in different colors. People who worked there for years and years wound up with emphazema from it. Not sure how it's spelled and auto correct isn't showing anything.
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@shaggin (71663)
• United States
10 Jan 19
@responsiveme yep from all the fibers in the yarn.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
10 Jan 19
@shaggin that is bad. This happens in cement factories too
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
10 Jan 19
I have to check it up to see what it is
Okay, I just checked it. The lungs get damaged. Was it because the yarn pieces got into their bodies?
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
10 Jan 19
I thought so too, very colourful. They maintain the same in all their shops across the city
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
11 Jan 19
@responsiveme That's their signature design of the shop, I suppose. 
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@MarshaMusselman (38663)
• Midland, Michigan
10 Jan 19
I like your joke and I've never heard that one before, but I think it works better when reading it. I just shared it with my older daughter, first she looked at me and then after I spelled out the sew, she laughed.
When I grew up and sewed my own clothes, I didn't have all the different hued threads, we made due to some degree. I mean for a while there I'd at least match the thread with the material, but when mending later I wasn't as concerned, Now I have about eight to ten basic colors and use those mainly even though I don't really mend much other than raising up pant legs for my husband's expensive pants for my daughter's wedding.
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@MarshaMusselman (38663)
• Midland, Michigan
10 Jan 19
@responsiveme For most mending you don't want the color showing through anyway, so it's not a big deal unless you're using a bright color on a dark garment maybe not, but otherwise, I don't go out and buy a new thing of thread for each use. Not that it's that expensive, but I don't like running around from store to store.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
10 Jan 19
@MarshaMusselman hubby is very particular as I said, so we do have lots of spools.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
10 Jan 19
Yes that joke is better read.
My hubby just did some small sewing work on a coat,he is very particular about the matching.
Not so much me,as long as I get the basic colour right.
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@thelme55 (76481)
• Germany
10 Jan 19
@responsiveme yes, it was common before. I have inherited the old sewing machine Singer of my late father. I can still sew with it.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
10 Jan 19
Sewing machines were very common as ready made dresses were not available readily when I was growing up
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
10 Jan 19
@thelme55 my mother's machine is a Singer too, it belonged to my granny
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
10 Jan 19
Yes, at one time people sewed but these days it is not as popular.
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@allknowing (130122)
• India
10 Jan 19
The saying stitch in time saves nine no longer holds water as no one mends these days (lol)
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@jobelbojel (34730)
• Philippines
10 Jan 19
I remember my mother using her hands to sew patches for our old pants and clothes.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
10 Jan 19
That was very common. Nowadays the holes have become fashionable
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@Marilynda1225 (79961)
• United States
10 Jan 19
Love your joke!!
I haven't used a sewing machine in years but I do remember having many different spools of thread in all sorts of colors. I do have a small sewing kit on hand now for those small little mending jobs.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
10 Jan 19
spools in my house are now used for small mending jobs too.
Maybe it's because ready made clothes are so easily available now that the sewing machine has taken a background.
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@DianneN (247191)
• United States
11 Jan 19
@responsiveme I still enjoy seeing all those colors lined up in order.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
11 Jan 19
Yes, it was a treat to see all those spools of coloured thread and play with the empty ones.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
10 Jan 19
Ha ha, glad you liked it. I do some embroidery but not much
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@FayeHazel (40246)
• United States
11 Jan 19
@responsiveme Oh har de har…. I see what you did there
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
11 Jan 19
Yes, these things are do much a part of the past. Now everything is off the shelves, not much sewing at home.
Glad you had a good memory
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
10 Jan 19
Sewing was a way of life once upon a time. Not anymore as things are got so easily now
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@sofssu (23662)
•
13 Jan 19
@responsiveme Just one small piece she did for my son. I wish I had taken some of the stuff she left, but I guess I was too distraught at her passing and my sister in law gave away all of it. 
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
13 Jan 19
@sofssu I hope she gave it to people who will appreciate those handmade things as a loving memory
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
12 Jan 19
My mom too and she still does though it isn't as fine as before
I hope you have her embroidered things
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
10 Jan 19
When sewing, I always remember my mother who taught me how to operate the sewing machine!
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@MissNikki (5237)
• Maple Ridge, British Columbia
12 Jan 19
That is a beautiful rainbow of threads!
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
14 Jan 19
Those are big spools. We need small ones at home.
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@YrNemo (20261)
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14 Jan 19
@responsiveme I would love to have one black and one white (those giant spools), just for sewing. I used black and white lots. (Almost bought some a few times, but the price was so ridiculous!)
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
13 Jan 19
With lots of ready made things available sewing is a lost skill
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@dya80dya (33652)
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13 Jan 19
@responsiveme It's true. And sewing needs a lot of patience.
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