4. Basic Zig-Zag
Stitching
Setting Selectors
Begin by inserting your
zig-zag
stitch pattern
disc 1 onto your sew
ing
rnach
ine.
following the
steps given on page 47.
Before turning selector, rnake sure needle is out
of the fabr
ico
Needle Position Selector
Most of your zig-zag stitching will be done in
centre.!. needle
posit ion .
Left
~
and righ
'.!.
sett
ings
are used for special
stitch placement.
Stitch Width Selector
To produce a plain zig-zag or a decorative
stitch, the stitch width seTeetor is moved from
its straight stitch position to any of
tts
other
four posit
ions.
The further vou move the
seleetor toward the
right ,
the wider your stitch
will be
,
Adjusting Stitch Length
Any st
it
ch length setting from 1 to 4 will give
vou an open zig-zag stirch.
The
higher
the number, the more open, or
farther apart your stitches will 00
.
The area between O and 1 on the dial is used for
the adjustment of zig·zag satin stitch
ing,
a series
of closely spaced plain zig-zag stltches that
form a smoot h, sat
in-Iike
surface. (Refer to
page 43 for information on satin st
it
chinq]
.
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