Strmght Stretch - Sears Kenmore 385.17824090 Owner's Manual

Set the Machine
Top thread
tension
control
2to6
No presser
foot
Darnmg plate
Stitch width
control 0
StitcP; length
control any number
(Rot necessary to
adjust)
Stretch Stitch
3O
Here's How
1.
Put the darning plate on the needle plate
(see page 29).
2. Remove presser foot and foot holder
(see page 10), stretch fabric between
embroidery hoops with hole centered.
3. Draw the bobbin thread up through the
fabric by holding the top thread and taking
one stitch at the spot where you wash to
start darning.
4. Lower the presser bar and sew at a slow
speed.
5. Move the fabric back and forth slowly until
you have covered the darning area.
6. Turn the fabric half turn and sew antother
layer of st_tchlng over the first layer.
NOTE. If your fabric as thin or badly damaged.
use a separate p_ece of fabric under the
hole to reinforce at.
7. When you finish darning, remove the darning
plate and replace foot holder and foot.
Set the Machine
Stitch w_dth
_ 2 3 4
Top thread tension
control 2 to 6
H: Stratght foot
Stitch length
control yellow
stretch stitch
pOSlt_On
Stretch Stitch
The Stitch and Its Uses
Th_s stitch is the stretch variation of
the straight stitch, especially develop-
ed for knits and stretch fabrics.
This stitch can also be used for
topst_tching on all fabrics,
Stretch stitching was developed
to be used on stretch fabrics and
kmts. It can be used on other
fabrics as well. It works well on
curved seams and on any
garments that will recmve a great
deal of strain (ie. children's
clothes).
The stretch stitch does not
actually stretch as it _sbeing
sewn, but Es stitched m a
forward and back motLon
(sometimes called a "reverse-
action" stitch), so that _t will
gEve when the fabNc stretches
mstead of breakmg.