Hoop Embroidery - Pfaff 2144 Instruction Manual

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Hoop embroidery

For hoop embroidery, set up your Pfaff creative 2144 properly and attach the embroidery unit as described below. It is not
possible to select a creative Card if the embroidery unit is not attached.
Before hoop embroidering you must lower the feed dog, disengage the dual feed (IDT System), remove the knee lift and fit
the embroidery foot (see below).
Lowering the feed dog
The feed dog must be lowered for hoop embroidery. To lower the
feed dog move the slide (4) to the left.
Note: Raise the presser foot before lowering the feed dog
The thread tension is automatically set and can be adjusted for
speciality techniques.
Disengaging the top feed/dual feed
The top feed must be disengaged for embroidery work.
Procedure:
Hold the dual feed firmly at the ribbing with two fingers.
Press the top feed (red) fully downwards, then pull it away from
you and release it slowly upward until it engages in normal positi-
on.
Removing the knee lifter
The knee lifter is not needed for embroidery work and must be
removed.
To remove the knee lifter, just pull it out of the hole.
Attaching the embroidery foot
1. Remove the standard presser foot. Carefully loosen the screw
(S) until the cross-hole (T) is accessible.
2. Squeeze the embroidery foot gently together and guide the pin
of the foot into the cross hole of the presser foot holder as far
as it will go.
3. Tighten the screw (S).
To remove the embroidery foot loosen the screw (S), squeeze
the embroidery foot together and pull it out to the right. Tigh-
ten the screw (S).
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