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Hairpin lace is a lace-making technique that uses a crochet hook and two parallel metal rods held at the top and the bottom by removable bars. Historically, a metal U-shaped eponymous hairpin was used. Hairpin lace is formed by wrapping yarn around the prongs of the hairpin lace loom to form loops, which are held together by a row of crochet ...
A hairpin or hair pin is a long device used to hold a person's hair in place. It may be used simply to secure long hair out of the way for convenience or as part of an elaborate hairstyle or coiffure. The earliest evidence for dressing the hair may be seen in carved "Venus figurines" such as the Venus of Brassempouy and the Venus of Willendorf.
In the 1930s - 1940s Tenerife lace was sometimes called Polka Spider Web Lace. In the 1950s, a Koppo Cushion style of lace pillow was devised and sold. This flexible and useful pillow style is still in use today, and can be recreated using instructions and descriptions in the patent guidelines. Sample of machine lace with Teneriffe lace motif
Hairpin technology is a winding technology for stators in electric motors and generators and is also used for traction applications in electric vehicles. In contrast to conventional winding technologies , the hairpin technology is based on solid, flat copper bars which are inserted into the stator stack.
Modeled after the Zhongjin guan, but worn by the scholar-gentry. Named after the "cloud" shapes formed on the sides. Adult. Ming. Zaoli jin (皁隸巾) Named after and worn by yamen runners. Due to the low status and the headwear not able to cover the forehead, it is also nicknamed "faceless guan " (無顏之冠) [44] Adult.
A modern tsumami kanzashi set of the type worn by maiko (apprentice geisha) for the month of January. Kanzashi ( 簪) are hair ornaments used in traditional Japanese hairstyles. The term kanzashi refers to a wide variety of accessories, including long, rigid hairpins, barrettes, fabric flowers and fabric hair ties.
A hairpin turn (also hairpin bend or hairpin corner) is a bend in a road with a very acute inner angle, making it necessary for an oncoming vehicle to turn about 180° to continue on the road. It is named for its resemblance to a bent metal hairpin. Such turns in ramps and trails may be called switchbacks in American English, by analogy with ...
Tom Hardy has explained the thinking behind his unconventional accent in The Bikeriders. The London-born actor, 46, stars in the new film from Midnight Special director Jeff Nichols as the leader ...