Viking 2780 - Page 12

Needle and
thread
Table on
needle and thread
should
always
be
convenient to
fabric.
Use
needle system
705/130.
Upper
and lower thread generally
equal,
lower thread
eventually
somewhat
thinner,
but
never
thicker than
upper
thread.
When working
the
fabric,
a
general hint:
Thin
material: needle
Nm 70—SO
Medium material:
needle Nm
80—90
Heavy material:
needle
Nm 100—110
Needle point:
for elastic material: girdles
helanca, for repair R-point
for new
sewing
R-k-point
For normal
sewing works: R-point.
For
exact embroideries,
e.
g.
letters, cording works with
bed
linen
etc. R-spi-point,
When
using synth, thread,
upper and lower
thread tension
should
be adjusted looser,
thus the seam is more elastic.
Needle
Cotton
Silk
Synth.
Linen
Nm
triple Ne
Nm
Nm
Et. No.
60—70 80
1203
100/120/3 —
70—80 70
100—80/3 70-120/3 —
80—90
50—60
70/3
50—100/3
70/3
90—100
30—40 603
40—70/3
603
100—1 10
20—30
50/3
40—5G’3
50/3
1
10—1 20 20
40i3
30—40/3
40/3
120—130 12
30/3
30/3
30—40/3
130—140 —
— 20—30i3 303
140—1
50 —
— 20:3 25/3
150—160 embroidery —
— 20:3
thread 6-phase
183
180—200
embroidery — —
thread 9-phase
Material
Kind of thread and thickness
Needle point and
thickness
Cotton
twill,
bed
linen, all
days-cloths etc.
Cotton
40
R Nm
90—100
Cambric of all kind, for blouses
Depend.
on
kind
of
material,
For normal sewing
works A Nm
70—80
Cloth
for
shirts
and blouses
(repairs
with
silk
100 or cotton 80
For embroideries
R-spi
Nm
70—80
synth.
shirts and blouses too)
Cotton 60—80, silk 100
or
A Nm
70—80
Terry
and chenille
cloths, for bathing-
synth.
100-1
20 dep.
on kind and
thickness
of material
wraps too
RNm9O—100
Elastic corsetery
Cotton 40 or silk
80
Firm
corsetery
Synth.
60
or cotton 40
A-k
Nm
90
Knitted, wool
Cotton 40—60
A Nm
90
Knitted,
synth.
Silk 80-1
00
or cotton 60
Fl Nm
80—1
00
(thread tension loose)
Synth.
70-1
20
depend.
R Nm
80-1
00
Clothing
material of: sateen, ottoman,
on kind
of
material
tafetas, crêpe,
chiffon etc.
Silk
100 or cotton 60—80
A Nm 80—90
for
sateen
and tafetas
Nm
70—80
Dresses of
cotton
dto. of wool
Cotton 40—60
A Nm 80—100
Lastex- and
Helanca cloth
Silk
110
or cotton 40—60
A Nm 80—100
(thread tension
loose)
Synth. 60—70 depend.
A
Nm 80-1
00
Suitings and mantlings
or
silk
40—60
Cotton 40—50
or
silk 80-1
00
A
Nm 90—100
Soft furnishings of:
merc,
cotton 60—80
A
Nm
80
cotton, synth.
A Nm 70—80
Acella (plastics)
synth. 120
Cotton 60
A Nm 80—90
artif. leather, canvas
Decorative seams
Buttonhole silk
40
3
A Nm 100—110