Choose Your Needle And Thread; Needle, Thread And Fabric Chart; Check Your Needle; To Change Your Needle - Janome mystyle 16 User Manual

SECTION 2. PREPARE YOUR MACHINE FOR SEWING
Choose Your Needle and Thread
*Needle, Thread and Fabric Chart
o To Change Your Needle
FABRICS
THREADS SIEEL
Fine Silk
LIGHT Crepe de Chine, Voile
Fine Cotton9or1
WEIGHT Lawn, Organdy, Georgette, Tricot Fine Synthetic9or1
Fine Cotton Coveted Polyestert
50 Silk
MEDIUM Linens, Cotton, Pique 50 to 80 Cotton
WEIGHT Serge, Double Knits, Percale
50 to 60 Synthetic
11 or 14
Cotton Covered Polyester
50Silk
HEAVY Denim, Tweed, Gabardine, 40 to 50 Cotton
WEIGHT
Coating, Drapery and Upholstery Fabric 40 to 50 Synthetic
14 or 16
F
Cotton Covered Polyester
NOTE:
In general, fine threads and needles are used for sewing thin fabrics, and thicker threads
and needles are used for sewing heavy fabrics. Always test thread and needle size on a
small piece of fabric which will be used for actual sewing.
*Use
the same thread for needle and bobbin.
*When sewing stretch, very fine fabrics and synthetics, use a BLUE TIPPED needle. The
NOTE: Raise the needle bar to its highest posi-
blue tipped needle effectively prevents skipped stitches,
tion by turning the hand wheel toward
*hnsewing very f ine fabrics, sew over a piece of paper to prevent yarn distortion.
you.
1 . Loosen the needle clamp screw by turning it
*
Check Your Needletoadyu
1.
Never use a bent needle or one with a dull point.
2
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The exact length of your needle is shown at left. 3.
Insert the new needle into the needle clamp
Be sure you never use one in your machine that
with the flat side away from you.
is not this exact length. 4. Push the needle up as far as it will go.
2. A damaged needle can cause permanent snags or 5.
Tighten the needle clamp screw firmly with the
runs in knits, fine silks and silk-like fabrics, large screwdriver from your accessory storage
*Always
buy a good quality thread.
It should resist box.
tangling and be strong, smooth and consistent in
thickness.
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