Needle Size; Placement Of Needle - Kenmore 15 Instructions Manual

NEEDLE AND THREAD TABLE
THREAD SIZE
Cotton 60 – 100
Synthetic
Silk A
Machine embroidery
Cotton 60 – 80
Mercerized 50
Synthetic
Silk A
Machine embroidery
Cotton 40 – 60
Mercerized 50
Mercerized heavy duty
Cotton 30 – 50
Mercerized heavy duty

NEEDLE SIZE

Use KENMORE 6021 needles. The size of needle should
conform to the size of the thread and both should be suitable
to the material. The same size thread should be used in the
bobbin as on the upper part of the machine for ordinary
sewing. Never use a bent needle or one with a blunt point.
NEEDLE
FABRIC
SIZE
Sheer cottons, silks, and synthetics
11
Fine laces
Medium weight cottons
Medium weight silks
14
Medium weigh synthetics
Light weight woolens
Heavy weight cottons
16 Medium to heavy weight woolens
Heavy drapery fabrics
Heaviest cottons as for men's work
18 clothes
Heaviest woolen coating
This is the exact length of the needle to be used in
your machine. Comparison with this illustration will
determine whether the needle you have is the
correct one for your machine.

PLACEMENT OF NEEDLE

Raise needle bar to its highest po-
sition
toward you. Loosen needle clamp
screw. Hold the needle with flat
side
needle as far as it will go into the
needle clamp, and tighten the
needle clamp screw.
5
by turning hand wheel
away from you. Slip the