Bernina 1260 Manual - Page 29
Sewing, knitted, fabrics
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Sewing knitted fabrics Important I Use a perfect noodle. Even a very eighth/ blunt needle will damage knit. causing it to ladder 2. Use fine thread. part Warty lot fine knits. Coarse thread can area damage Die 3. Use daring thread for basting as easer to remove then the thicker and shorter fibre basting thread. To achieve maximtrn stretch: - shorten the stitch length sightly end/or - Increase the stitch with sightly. This puts more Dread In the seem and improves as elasticity. The ssam should stretch as much as the facric. 4. Press each seam as it es sewn, before moving on to the next stage of sewing. 5. Sow 0 sample to lost stitch and stretch. AS the elasticity of modem fabrics varies considerably the basic settng sriodd be adjusted where nereserey to SA the fetnc. Neckband with Honeycomb stitch Neckband with Overlock stitch reed Ais'CAA • ' ' 8: t Needle 5O/70 Thread: Sewing thread Feed-dog: V:006 • Stitch: WVV Vari-cmsrbck Press 1 or wretv side. Sew from the right at a foott width frcm the edge. Trim surpius fabric on the wrong Side necessan). Speoely designed for all line knitted fabrics. Fokl tne neckband in hall and press. Make sure the edges are perfectly straight. Pan and baste. right sides together, so that the edges of neckband are exactly in line with nozlo One edge. Position the work so that a edges ere guided to the pin of the ovedock loot. 1> • 28