KNOWING YOUR SEWING MACHINE—————

5Lower the presser foot lever and fix the presser foot onto the shank. If the presser foot is in the correct place, the bar should snap in.

1 2

1Shank

2 Bar

■Presser foot installation orientation

CAUTION

●If the presser foot is not installed with the correct orientation, the needle may strike the presser foot, which may bend or break the needle and cause injury.

THE CONTROLS

Pattern selection dial

CAUTION

●When you use the pattern selection dial to choose a pattern, raise the needle by turning the handwheel toward you (counterclockwise) so that the mark on the wheel points up. If the needle is in the down position when you turn the pattern selection dial, the needle, presser foot or fabric may be damaged.

To select a stitch, simply turn the pattern selection dial, located on the right side of the machine. The pattern selection dial may be turned in either direction. The next section shows recommended stitch lengths and widths.

 

•

The pattern number

 

 

display does not rotate

 

 

endlessly. If you set

 

 

the pattern selection

 

 

dial to the highest or

 

 

lowest pattern and

 

 

continue to turn it in

 

1

the same direction, the

2

dial will spin freely but

the pattern will not change.

1Pattern selection dial

2 Chosen pattern number

Stretch stitching

Raise the needle by turning the handwheel toward you (counterclockwise) so that the mark on the wheel points up.

Setting the stitch length dial to “” changes the selected pattern to a stretch stitch.

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