This video demonstrates how to fix, adjust, or repair the timing of the hook on a sewing machine. It addresses the issue of the needle thread not being caught by the rotating hook and explains the ...

A closer look at the clever engineering inside this sewing machine. After the hook catches the thread, it rides perfectly between the teeth of the drive gears as it moves around the bobbin. Truly ...

If you have hand sewing down, and know exactly how to fix up all of those little rips and lost buttons, then it may be time to graduate to sewing on a machine. A much faster and advanced method of ...

From the outside, a sewing machine is a wonderful bit of magic. A needle shoves thread up and down, and somehow a seam is formed. Here's a little YouTube video of this: What is that thread latching to ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. A sewing machine is a ...