Darning - Medion MD 17187 Manual De Instrucciones

6.14. Darning

6.14.1. Mounting the darning plate
For some sewing work, e.g. sewing on buttons, hooks and eyes, as well as
darning and embroidering, the material must not be fed automatically and
you must be able to control the feeding of the material yourself.
 In these cases, you must attach the darning plate included in the accesso-
ries. Raise the presser foot lever (17) and turn the hand wheel (21) to raise
the needle (26) to its highest position.
 Now push both pins of the darning plate into the openings on the needle
plate (12) until they click into place, as shown in figures 1 and 2.
 To remove the darning plate again, you simply need to lift up the corners.
6.14.2. Darning
 Remove the presser foot holder (29) and select the normal lower thread
tension.
The upper thread tension should be somewhat looser than usual.
Presser foot: ...............................................................................................No presser foot
Programme: ..................................................................................................................... 1–7
Stitch length: ................................................................................................................1 to 4
If necessary, you can place a piece of fabric under the damaged area.
 Place the material under the needle (26) and lower the presser foot le-
ver (17) to apply the thread tension.
 Begin sewing slowly by moving the fabric forwards and backwards by
hand.
 Repeat this process until the damaged area has been completely filled with
parallel stitches.
 If necessary, you can darn over these stitches with stitches at right angles
to them, as you do when darning by hand.
TIP
During darning, the fabric must be taut. If the damaged area is large, it is ad-
visable to use an embroidery frame (available from specialist retailers) to keep
the material taut.
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