Craft · 6 pages · 12 min
How a needle and an awl differ
A needle carries thread through its eye, while an awl only opens a hole for thread to follow.
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From the opening
A sewing needle is a slender shaft with an eye, so it both pierces and pulls the thread through in the same pass. An awl is a handle and a point whose job is to open or enlarge a hole, leaving the thread to be passed afterward by some other means. The opening covers the eye carries the thread through, an awl only opens a path, and cloth needles push yarns aside.
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Inside
- The eye carries the thread through
- An awl only opens a path
- Cloth needles push yarns aside
- A diamond awl slits leather
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Eyed sewing needle
- Leather stitching awl