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

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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
fi
bre
basting
thread.
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
consider-
ably
the
basic
settng
sriodd
be
adjusted
where
nereserey
to
SA
the
fetnc.
1>
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.
Neckband
with
Honeycomb
stitch
reed
Ais'CAA
'
'
8:
t
Press
1
or
wretv
side.
Sew
from
the
right
at
a
foott
width
frcm
the
edge.
Trim
surpius
fabric
on
the
wrong
Side
necessan).
Neckband
with
Overlock
stitch
Needle
5O/70
Thread:
Sewing
thread
Feed
-dog:
V:006
Stitch:
WVV
Vari-cmsrbck
Speoely
designed
for
all
line
knitted
fabrics.
Fokl
tne
neckband
in
hall
and
press.
Make
sure
the
ed-
ges
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.
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