Pfaff creative 2140 Owner's Manual - Page 130

6-4 6. Embroidery Assistant Hemstitching This is a technique everyone recognizes - but previously it was only embroidered by hand. With your Pfaff creative 2140. you can produce hemstitching much more quickly and easily. 10 special hemstitches are available in your machine and by changing the stitch length and width, you can achieve different new effects. A wing needle, a special needle with a wide, wing like shank, is required for hemstitching work. When entering the fabric the wing needle forms holes which are typical for hemstitching. Hemstitching will prove most successful on relatively coarse linen fabrics from which single threads can be easily pulled. If you pull additional threads and sew along the edges close to the threads you have pulled out, you will achieve even more impressive hemstitching effects as the remaining threads are bunched. A distinction is made between various hemstitching techniques. Hemstitching stitches Stitch No. 140, 145 and 146. For these stitches use wing needle 130/705 H Wing, size 100, without pulling threads. Stitch No. 146 can also be used for curved edging and hem securing.