Bernina 800DL Manual - Page 12

Darning Small darning foot 285 Needle: 80-70 Thread: 50 e7) Darning material Stitch width: 0 Stitch length: 0 Drop feed control: center Needle position: lowered The quick mastering of this work depends on regular guiding. Therefore: - Hold the hoop correctly. - Always work from left to right (as when writing). - Move work lengthways (not sideways) for selvedge and weftway. 1 2 3 A careful darn is done in 3 runs 1. Weftway. 2. Selvedgeway. (Not too dense or it becomes too thick around the hole. 3. Same way as 2nd run but only over hole itself losing threads in 2nd run of stitching. How to darn correctly Main faults when darning Make the turning points of each row Frequent thread breaking - work guided blunt or the stitching will draw little irregularly. holes at the ends. Beginners may prefer the L or M movement. poor stitch (looping moved too quickly. on top) - work Take care not to get circles. 12 '. r. When wrong side of work is "grainy" work moved too slowly. How to hold hoop correctly Not like this... this would produce irregular guiding with frequent thread breaks. . . . but like this. What is to be guided must be firmly held. Thumb facing the frame (slightly bent) side of little finger to the frame. Starting position of the fingers as in the picture - opposite one another. Then pulled back a little. The frame is guided however by the outer fingers.