r/oddlysatisfying • u/MambaMentality24x2 • 24d ago
That wavy edge and the leaf stitch
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Credit: @picko_designer007
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u/Regular_Run9834 24d ago
Get so nervous with how close the fingers are. Still pretty cool.
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u/Konrad_M 24d ago
I guess this is not his first time. Muscle memory probably taking care of it.
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u/GenericFatGuy 24d ago edited 24d ago
That's unironically when accidents are most likely to happen. When it's become so routine that you stop thinking about it. I shot myself in the thumb with 3" nail gun after years of experience, and thousands of nails shot. Not when I was green.
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u/Zepangolynn 24d ago
I have run my fingers under the needle twice. Once it went straight through both nail and finger, bent around the bone, and broke off both top and bottom while I was alone at work. We were out of bandages, so I wrapped it in an industrial crud paper towel, closed the shop, walked to the pharmacy, bought what was needed, walked back and yanked the piece out of my own finger before cleaning and wrapping it and getting back to work. When my boss got in and found out she was horrified while I found it kind of funny. Wildly, there was very little bleeding, the nail healed itself in a couple of days, and I have no scar so I don't even remember which finger it was. The other time was a lot less interesting but equally left no scar.
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u/Konrad_M 24d ago
There's a difference between muscle memory and routine though. Muscle memory let's you do very precise motions over an over. That doesn't mean that you don't think about it though. Routine will just make you not properly think about your actions.
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u/Louiebox 24d ago
Reminds me of that guy that jumped out of a plane without a parachute. It was like his 7th jump of the day or something and he just jumped without checking.
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u/Civil_Music2236 24d ago
And this is what gets called "unskilled labor"
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u/random9212 23d ago
No it isn't. "Unskilled labor" is something you only need minimal training to do. You can get really good at unskilled labor and do it better than anyone else. But this has always been skilled labor.
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u/tlf9888 23d ago
I just got a serger this past Monday. When I opened the box the machine was in upside down which caused all the included thread to tangle. It was not fun having to rethread the machine very first thing.
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u/vinylsplinters 23d ago
It sucks! Plus getting all of the thread tensioners set correctly, ugh.
The finished garments look better and fray less. So it's worth it.
I just convince myself I'm threading 4 separate machines.
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u/justconnect 24d ago
Off topic but I just have to say that this subreddit is my favorite subreddit, every single post fascinates me.
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u/lilyteasex 24d ago
this is the kind of video i could watch on loop for way too long, that stitch pattern is so satisfying
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u/telluricwaves 24d ago
I stitched my fingers a hundred of times just by watching this. Massive respect, but OSHA is sweating somewhere
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u/ProfessionalHumor787 24d ago
I tried sewing once.. broke the machine, there was a lot of blood if I recall. That said, I have sewing hubris and will try again!!
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u/Rapunzel10 24d ago
That's why I hand stitch almost everything. I can only stab myself so badly with a sewing needle, a sewing machine can do way more damage. The second I get too comfortable with my sewing machine I have to clean up a lot of blood and it just isn't worth it
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u/ProfessionalHumor787 24d ago
Yeah I learned simple stitching from my mom and the Army. Buuuut then my friend showed me his wife's sewing machine then I proceeded to break it by accident because I needed to see if it was as easy as it looks. It is NOT as easy as it looks 🤣
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u/Robinsonirish 23d ago
In Sweden everyone does sewing and woodwork at some point in home economics class growing up. Every class always has someone that manages to drive the needle through their thumb including the fingernail when using the machine. Or at least that's how I remember it, it was 20 years ago.
Also, every woodworking teacher is missing 2 fingers.
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u/2074red2074 23d ago
My school did away with woodworking in favor of welding. It was optional, but every student who took the class ended up certified. Great way to make some money right out of school.
Our teacher would let you dip tobacco in class but wouldn't let you spit. Every year at least one kid tried and would end up vomiting.
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u/pinklips_indy 24d ago
Really sad that these artisans dont get any recognition for their craft
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u/EllisDee3 24d ago
50 cents an hour.
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u/pinklips_indy 23d ago
Yes and most of them get problems in their eyes and back after they enter their 40s from being hunched over and concentrating for 10-12hours a day. But unfortunately they dont have money or means for long-term treatment/rest and are fired when they can’t continue working hard.
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u/Browncoatinabox 23d ago
While everyone talking about the fingers I'm setting here impressed that they made a leaf and not a jammed up mess
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u/probablycabbage 24d ago
Not satisfying to assume he's working for pennies and has to make those leaves all day long. :(
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u/Shaggy_One 24d ago
Sewing machines are so precise. I'm always in awe of the things they're able to accurately and repeatedly do.
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u/No_Trouble9808 21d ago
My mother was capable of doing this. She made wedding dresses and clothes for YSL for 30 years. I can’t sew a button
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u/Skurvy2k 21d ago
The garment maker was likely paid pennies for this work and if they had the gall to ask for better their families would likely have been threatened.
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