Bernina 1011 Manual - Page 15

Bringing up the lower thread, thread tension, feed-dog Bringing up the lower thread Hold the end of the uopor Instead ot using the Inroad with the rQ111 needle stop, the lower hand. Sew a single stitch thread can also be by tapping on the loot brOught up by turning the control hanctwheel lanyard until Pull the upper thread SO the needle returns to AS that the lower thread is brought up through the lbghest position In this case the upper thread stitch plate bore 11. has to be held with the Take both threads through the slot in the leh hand. Presser fool and place to the side. MEM Thread tension One ot me great advantages of BENIN.A. machines Ls that the thread tension vary rarely has to be altered for normal sewing. Normal tension is set when the red mark on the evjblaling dial matches no adjacent mark on the machine (Fg 2) Turning the regulahng dial forwards, to number 4 or below. gives a looser upper thread tension Turning the regulating dial backwards, to number 6 or above. gives a lighter upper thread tenSten. Do not target' The thread tension should be reset lo normal when special sewing has been competed. Lowering the loo dog For certain types ot sewing, eg for darning. the lane must not be moved by the feed. Therefore the teed-dog must be lowered by turning the knob to the left until the mark nomts to the symbol Ern (Fig. 3) For an normal sewing. the mark on the knob should point to symbol AAA To remove the work, raise the grosser fool. pull work out to the rear len and hook both threads into the thread CUtter. The thread ends tree themselves when you sled sewing again. 7