e Checkthe

Needle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Look for barbed or blunt point.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. A damaged needle can cause permanent snags or runs in knits, fine silks

 

 

.=

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twin

Needle

 

 

and

silk-like

fabrics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Always

buy

a

good quality

thread,

it should resist tangling and be strong,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

smooth and consistent in thickness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black

shank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The choice of needle and thread depends on the fabric you are sewing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In your

needle case, you will

find

the

following

color-coded

needles;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue

(1 1)

 

for

stretch

fabrics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orange

(11}

_

for

Iightweight

fabrics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red

(14)

 

for

medium

or meElium-heavy

weight

fabrics

 

 

 

 

 

Purpie

(16)

 

for

medium-heavy

weight

and

decorative

top-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stitching

on

these

fabrics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(This needle has a larger thread hole for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thicker

topstitching

thread.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green

118)

 

for

heavy

weight

fabrics

and

decorative

top-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

stitching

on

these

fabrics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twin

 

Needle

 

for

sewing

parallet

rows

of straight

or

deco-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rative

stitches.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: These needles are found in the accessory storage box. isee page 10)

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Sears 385.1915 owner manual Silk-like Fabrics, Thicker