Contents

CONTENTS
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS	2
MODEL 9960	4
FOR EUROPEAN AND SIMILAR TERRITORIES:	4
MAIN PARTS	5
ACCESSORIES	6
DUST COVER	6
EXTENSION TABLE	7
a. REMOVING THE EXTENSION TABLE	7
b. OPENING THE ACCESSORY CASE	7
CHANGING THE PRESSER FOOT	7
A. Changing the presser foot	7
B. Removing the presser foot holder	7
INSERTING THE NEEDLE	8
FABRIC, THREAD AND NEEDLE TABLE	8
CONNECTING THE MACHINE	9
FOOT CONTROLLER	9
FUNCTION OF EACH PART	10
A. START/STOP BUTTON	10
B. REVERSE STITCH BUTTON	10
C. NEEDLE UP-DOWN / SLOW BUTTON	10
D. SPEED CONTROL BUTTON	10
E. PRESSER FOOT LIFTER	10
F. THREAD CUTTER BUTTON	11
G. DROP FEED LEVER	11
H. THREAD CUTTER	11
I. TOP COVER	11
J. HAND WHEEL	11
EXTRA WIDE TABLE	13
CONTROL PANEL	12
A. L.C.D. DISPLAY	12
B. L.C.D. CONTRAST CONTROL	12
C. PATTERN CHART	12
D. DIRECT STITCH SELECTION BUTTONS	12
E. UTILITY STITCH BUTTON	12
F. DECORATIVE & LETTER STITCH BUTTON	12
G. FUNCTION BUTTONS	12
H. EDIT BUTTON	12
I. CLEAR BUTTON	13
J. SCROLL BUTTONS	13
K. CURSOR BUTTONS	13
L. TACK BUTTON	13
M. TWIN NEEDLE BUTTON	13
TO TURN OFF THE AUDIBLE BEEP	13
BOBBIN SETTING	14
A. REMOVING THE BOBBIN	14
B. SETTING SPOOL OF THREAD ON SPOOL PIN	14
C. WINDING THE BOBBIN	14
D. INSERTING THE BOBBIN	15
THREADING THE MACHINE	16
A. PREPARING TO THREAD MACHINE	16
B. SETTING SPOOL OF THREAD ON SPOOL PIN	16
C. THREADING THE UPPER THREAD	16
D. THREADING THE NEEDLE EYE	17
E. DRAWING UP THE BOBBIN THREAD	17
STARTING TO SEW	18
A. START AND END OF SEAM	18
B. REVERSE STITCHING	19
C. AUTO TACK STITCH	19
D. TURNING CORNERS	20
E. SEWING HEAVY FABRIC	20
F. SEWING OVER OVERLAPPED AREAS	20
G. WIDTH OF SEAM ALLOWANCE	20
THREAD TENSION	21
SELECTING UTILITY STITCH PATTERN	22
A. DIRECT STITCH PATTERN	22
B. SELECTING OTHER UTILITY STITCH PATTERNS	22
C. MIRROR/REVERSE STITCH	22
D. ELONGATION	23
E. SETTING STITCH WIDTH AND LENGTH	23

WHERE TO USE EACH STITCH	24
STRAIGHT STITCH SEWING	25
A. Straight Stitch	25
B. Straight Stitch With Auto-lock Stitch (Pattern No. 3, 4)	25
BASTING	26
A. ATTACHING THE DARING/ EMBROIDERY FOOT	26
B. BASTING	26
ELASTIC STITCH SEWING	27
QUILTING	27
A. Joining the pieces of fabric	27
B. Quilting	27
C. Hand Look Quilting Stitch (No. 8)	27
ZIGZAG STITCH SEWING	28
MULTI-STITCH ZIGZAG	28
FREE ARM SEWING	28
OVERCASTING-OVERLOCKING	29
A. USING THE OVERCASTING FOOT	29
B. USING THE GENERAL PURPOSE FOOT	29
C. NOTE:	29
BLIND HEM STITCHING	30
PATCH WORK	31
APPLIQUE	31
INSERTING ZIPPERS
CENTERED INSERTION	32
LAPPED INSERTION	33
To stitch around the zipper tab: (Diagram A)	33
BUTTONHOLE SEWING	34
BOUND BUTTONHOLE	36
EYELET	37
AUTOMATIC BAR-TACK AND DARNING	38
SEWING ON BUTTONS	39
A. Thread Shank	39
NARROW HEMMING	40
CORDING	40
A. SINGLE CORDING	40
B. TRIPLE CORDING	40
CONTINUOUS DECORATIVE PATTERN	41
A. SEWING THIN FABRICS	41
USING THE EVEN-FEED FOOT	41
A. ATTACHING THE EVEN-FEED FOOT	41
B. SEWING	41
DARNING/FREE-HAND EMBROIDERY	42
A. ATTACHING THE DARING/ EMBROIDERY FOOT	42
B. DARING	42
C. FREE-HAND EMBROIDERY	42
D. After darning or free-hand embroidery	42
TWIN NEEDLE SEWING	43
DECORATIVE & LETTER STITCH SEWING ...	44
A. SELECTING DECORATIVE & LETTER STITCH (selecting
mode)	44
B. SHIFTING THE CURSOR	44
C. TO CHECK SELECTED PATTERNS	45
D. INSERTING PATTERN	45
E. TO DELETE PATTERN	45
F. EDITING OF EACH PATTERN	46
G. TO RECALL THE SELECTED PATTERNS	47
H. SEWING THE SELECTED PATTERNS	48
I. TO SEW PATTERN FROM BEGINNING	48
DECORATIVE AND LETTER STITCH CHART 49
ADJUSTING THE FORWARD AND REVERSE STITCHES 49
MAINTENANCE	50
CLEANING	50
HELPFUL HINTS	51
Messages on LCD	52
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