Husqvarna Zig Zag - Zig-zag and straight seam adjustments; Setting zig-zag seam width; Sewing preparation and tips; Initial sewing steps

Feed motion
and length
of stitches"
Adjustment
for
zig-zag
and straight
seanls.
means
of
a
screw
2, FiS.
18.
\flhen
the handle
is
below
centre,
the
material
is fed
away
from
the person
sewirg.
the handle
is moved
upwards,
the material
will be
fed
wards the person
sewing.
Adjustrnent
for zig-zag
and
straight
seams"
Sewing"
C-,+
mm)
FiS.
20
(0
-
straigth
seam)"
Adjusrment
is
made
by
pressing
and
turning
the wheel
L, Fig"
L9,
and rhe
scale
above
the wheel
indicates
the breadth of
stitch"
,
Points
[o
remember
when
sewing
It may
be
a
good plan
for
a
beginner
to
practise
on a
piea:e
of a
material
without
needle or
thread in the
machine, be-
fore
starting
to sew.
Place a
piece
of
material
underneath
the
presser
foot, which
should
be
let
down caref
ully, and
start
the
machine with
a slight
pressure
against
the
knee-
lever.
By turning
the
rnaterial to left or
right,
the
neces-
sary
proficiency to
guide
the
cloth will soon
be
acquired"
Before threading
the needle,
make
sure that the take-up
]ever is in
its highest
position.
The
upper thread is threaded
through the
needle and
the loose end
held lightly in the
left
hand,
while
the
flywheel is turned
by hand towards the
per-
son sewirg,
until the needle
has drawn up the under thread.
Pull
the
upper
thread,
the-
reby drawing the
under
i
thread through
the needle
i
and
place
the two ends of
'
neath thc
presser
foot.
dowr-r gcntly
on to
the ma-
terial.
Scwing
carl then,
com I))
('ll
cc.
Alway.s
stilrr
rhe
seam in
i
the matcri:rl
-
nor
outside
-
for
thc r lr rcncl
is then
the
If
to-
Fis"
1E.
Adjustment
for zig-zag
and
straight
seams.
A zig-zag
seam
is produced
by
the
needle moving
ro
and
fro
from
side
to
side,
while
the material
is
fed
straight
for-
ward"
The breadth
of the zig-zag
seam
can be
ser from
76
Fig. 19.
Fig" 20.
Fis.
21..
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