Sentence examples for strands of thread from inspiring English sources

With multicolored strands of thread hanging from their blind eyes and shoulders, they may be contemplating Forster's directive, "Only connect" (Johnson).

"As if the cables were strands of thread, and the anchors were not made of iron, thus they surrendered to the force of the air.

Each pattern will tell you what size fabric you need; what "count" it should be (how many stitches per inch); how many strands of thread to use (up to six); and which colours.

But as these matrixes come into focus, you realize that her "paint" is actually long strands of thread, affixed to the canvas with a clear gel medium, and that they are the loose ends of delicately stitched images of naked women, repeated across the background like a wallpaper motif.

This contradicts the fundamental principle of "magnetic flux-freezing" formulated by Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Hannes Alfvéen in 1942, which states that magnetic lines of force are carried along in a moving fluid like strands of thread cast into a flow.

You need 3 strands of thread for each main strand.

Large insects, and in the tropics birds and perhaps bats, are the main pollinators by dislocating strands of threads in which the pollen tetrads are entangled.

Embroider the face: use six strands of threads of woven spider wheel to make eyes; use six strands of threads of stem stitch to make whiskers; use six strands of threads of satin stitch to make nose; use six strands of threads of stem stitch to make lips.

Use six strands of threads with blanket stitch across the upper edge of the leg piece.

Use three strands of threads of blanket stitch to seam the front, back and legs together.

Use six strands of threads of blanket stitch to sew the edges of the two pieces of felt.