Pfaff 71 Owner's Manual - Page 13

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Needle and Thread Chart Types of Fabrics Mercerized Cotton Fine Fabrics 80 such as georgette, chiffon, to batiste, voile, lawn, silk. 100 Silk 0 to 000 twist Needle Size 60 or 70 Lightweight Fabrics such as dress silks and cottons, sheer woolens, shirting, draperies. Medium Fabrics such as lightweight woolens, madras, muslin, brocades, heavy silks, rayon, and gabardine. Heavy Fabrics such as coating, denim, corduroy, slipcover fabrics, bed tickings, lightweight canvas. Synthetics, Rayon, Acetate including nylon, orion, dacron, plastics, etc. 70 A&B to 80 80 twist 50 8&c to 70 twist 90 40 C&D to 100 50 twist Determined by weight of fabric 40 to 50 Determined by thread size 60 to 80

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Needle
and
Thread
Chart
Mercerized
Silk
Needle
Types
of
Fabrics
Cotton
Size
Fine
Fabrics
80
0
to
60
such
as
georgette,
chiffon,
to
000
or
batiste,
voile,
lawn,
silk.
100
twist
70
Lightweight
Fabrics
70
such
as
dress
silks
and
cot-
A
&
B
to
80
tons,
sheer
woolens,
shirt-
twist
80
ing,
draperies.
Medium
Fabrics
such
as
lightweight
wool-
50
8
&
c
ens,
madras,
muslin,
bro-
to
90
twist
cades,
heavy
silks,
rayon,
70
and
gabardine.
Heavy
Fabrics
such
as
coating,
denim,
40
C
&
D
corduroy,
slipcover
fab-
to
100
twist
rics,
bed
tickings,
light-
50
weight
canvas.
Determined
Synthetics,
Rayon,
Acetate
Determined
by
by
thread
including
nylon,
orion,
weight
of
fabric
size
dacron,
plastics,
etc.
40
to
50
60
to
80