A hook member draws out the needle-loop without passing bodily therethrough, the under-thread carrier or bobbin being passed bodily through the loop either by the movement of the loop or the carrier.
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467, for a zigzag stitch forming mechanism wherein the needle is shifted back and forth across the line of material feed which mechanism includes specified means for working the thread on the side of the material opposite the side from which the needle penetrates the material.