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Title: What did I buy these for?
Post by: Vezelay on January 14, 2022, 18:24:09 PM

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I knew my efforts to re-organise my sewing room would cause trouble. I keep finding items I bought a while ago and never used - some of which, like this one, I've no idea what they are or what I had in mind when I bought them. It must be something bag or craft related, but what? Each is about 3mm x 4mm and it's a pack of 60 in 3 different colours.

Google Lens thinks they're a "nock set" useful for archery so that's no help, name doesn't ring a bell either.

Any ideas?

Title: Re: What did I buy these for?
Post by: Sandra on January 14, 2022, 18:44:01 PM

They remind me of zip end thingies so if you shorten a zip you bend these over to stop the zip running off the top...?

Sandra.
xxx

Title: Re: What did I buy these for?
Post by: SewRuthieSews on January 14, 2022, 18:48:19 PM

Are they to cover the corners when you've made a bag? Or little feet for a bag?

Title: Re: What did I buy these for?
Post by: Ellabella on January 14, 2022, 19:02:20 PM

I second the zip shortening thingy.  Just nip them in with a pair of pliers.

Title: Re: What did I buy these for?
Post by: Vezelay on January 14, 2022, 19:03:49 PM

Quote from: Sandra on January 14, 2022, 18:44:01 PM

They remind me of zip end thingies so if you shorten a zip you bend these over to stop the zip running off the top...?

Sandra.
xxx

Yes!! @Sandra, that's exactly what they are, it's all coming back to me

Title: Re: What did I buy these for?
Post by: toileandtrouble on January 14, 2022, 19:27:00 PM

I wanted some - do you know what they are called? Zip end stops?  Going to try  google...
Images from google no good.  Found some on ebay but only  if I also get lots of the bottom stops for opening zips, but mainly they offer toggles??  Where did you buy them, can you remember?

Title: Re: What did I buy these for?
Post by: Vezelay on January 14, 2022, 19:36:59 PM

@toileandtrouble I see them called zipper top stops.

Title: Re: What did I buy these for?
Post by: Vezelay on January 14, 2022, 19:42:43 PM

And thanks also @Ellabella - spot on, and to @SewRuthieSews for taking a punt

Title: Re: What did I buy these for?
Post by: toileandtrouble on January 14, 2022, 19:50:50 PM

Thanks @Vezelay  hadn't tried that combination of words!  Got some ordered.  I want to shorten some opening zips.

Title: Re: What did I buy these for?
Post by: Sara-S on January 19, 2022, 20:10:09 PM

They do look like archery nocking points.  Those are attached to the bow string to show the archer where the arrow should go (just under the nocking point.)

Title: Re: What did I buy these for?
Post by: Vezelay on January 19, 2022, 22:19:22 PM

@Sara-S great, multipurpose items, better still 0_0.

@SewRuthieSews guess what? Continuing the declutterisation I unearthed some more small unidentified sewing objects which Google Lens identified as...bag feet. Which is exactly what they are:).