Thread tattoo ideas

86 photos and flash · 40% Fine line, 27% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Fine line tattoo of a sewing needle with a teal eye and a trailing black thread, on the inner forearm.
Sewing needle and thread on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a red watercolour-style heart with a stitched outline and coloured pins, placed on the inside of a wrist.
Watercolour heart with pins on a wrist
Two matching fine line red thread tattoos with a small knot motif, one on each of two wrists.
Matching red string tattoos on two wrists
Fine line tattoo of a needle with a looping dotted thread running down the inside of a forearm.
Needle and thread tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a sewing needle with a looping thread on the upper chest, beside a green top strap.
Needle and thread fine line tattoo on the chest
Fine line black tattoo of a dress form wearing a bow, a dashed stitched heart and a needle with thread, on a limb.
Dress form, stitched heart and needle
Watercolour-style design of a black spider on a fine-line web, with a small tan mouse hanging from a thread below it, shown on a plain white background.
Spider on a web with a mouse on a thread
Collage of nine sewing-themed tattoos, including a traditional sewing machine on a forearm and scissors with a red spool on an upper arm, with a fine line spool on a forearm.
Sewing-themed tattoos in a nine-image collage
Fine line tattoo of a needle with a looping thread in black ink on the inner forearm of a person wearing a dark top.
Needle and thread on a forearm
Close photo of two hands with fingers hooked together, each showing a fine line red tattoo wrapped around a finger on the hand.
Thin red line tattoos around two fingers
Colour fine line tattoo on a forearm showing dashed stitch-style script reading Lovely, with pink and blue thread spools, a needle and red and purple buttons.
Stitched Lovely script with spools and buttons
Fine line drawing of a thread spool, dress form, dashed heart and needle joined by a single continuous thread, drawn in dark ink on a tan background.
Sewing notions in a fine line design
Fine line tattoo of a white cat sitting on a red ball of yarn, with a red thread trailing across the inside of a forearm.
Cat playing with red yarn on a forearm
Black and grey photo of a fine line tattoo of a needle and looping thread on the inner forearm, with denim shorts in the background.
Fine line needle and thread on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a thread spool, dress form, dashed heart and needle joined by a single thread line, in dark teal ink on skin.
Sewing motif with spool, dress form and needle
Fine line black tattoo of a thread spool, dress form, dashed heart and needle linked by a single thread line, shown on skin.
Sewing tools and heart on a continuous thread
Fine line tattoo of a sewing needle with a dashed thread forming an infinity loop, on the forearm.
Needle and infinity thread on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a thread spool with a needle on the inner upper arm.
Thread spool and needle on upper arm
Fine line cartoon cat with a red yarn ball and trailing red thread tattooed on the inside of a woman's wrist.
Cat playing with a yarn ball on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of two hands holding a criss-crossed string between them, placed on the thigh.
Hands holding a string on the thigh
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a thread spool with a needle and loose thread on an upper arm.
Spool of thread and needle on an upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a shaded spool of thread with looping thread and a dotted trail, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Spool of thread on a forearm
Fine line outline tattoo of a cat stretching towards a purple-shaded ball of yarn on the inner forearm.
Cat reaching for yarn on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a needle with a looping thread running down the inside of a forearm.
Needle and thread on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a thread spool with a thread running down to a needle across the finger on the back of a hand.
Spool of thread and needle on a hand
Fine line tattoo of a teal thread looping around a steel needle on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Needle and thread on the upper back
Fine line drawing of a compass rose with three black and white feathers hanging beneath it, with blue ribbon accents, on a plain pale background.
Compass and feathers design
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a needle with a looping thread running across a forearm.
Needle and thread line tattoo on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of a dreamcatcher with a detailed web and five feathers on beaded strings, a fine line tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Dreamcatcher with hanging feathers design
Fine line tattoo of a needle with thread looping up the inner forearm, shown in a single blue-toned line.
Needle and thread on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of crossed knitting needles, a knitted swatch and a yarn ball with a trailing thread, shown on skin.
Knitting needles and yarn ball
Black script lettering on a side ribcage reading a line about being stitched together, with coloured sewing motifs including a red thread spool, three buttons and a tomato pincushion.
Script quote on ribs with sewing motifs
Red fine line tattoo of a cross-stitched heart and a needle trailing red thread on the inside of a wrist.
Red cross-stitch heart and needle on a wrist
Colour tattoo of Spider-Man hanging upside down from a fine line web thread, on the calf in a fine line style.
Spider-Man hanging from a web on a calf