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Straight
seam
presser
foot,
jointed"
Zig-zag
presser
foot,
jointed.
Braiding.
Draw the braid
rhrough
the
hole
in the
zig-zag
presser
foot far
enough so
that
it
reaches
under
the needle.
Lower
nhe
presser
foot
and
sew
the braid
on
with
a
straighr
seam
in
the patrern
desired,
which can
.uary
from
simple rows
ro
rnore
complicated
parrern
combinations.
Rug-making (Ryu
technigue)"
\flhen
making rugs
on the
sewing machine,
a
so-called
weaver's reed
is
used,
provided
with
a
slot
in
the
blade
and
a loop
for
locking the narrow parr
of
the
reed,
after
the
wool
has
been
wound round
it.
As a foundatio,,
squared
canvas
or
jute
should be
used.
The wool
should be
wound a
few
rurns round
the
reed,
but
not
too
tightly"
Lower the
presser
foot
and
stitch
over
rrhe
wound
wool
through the slor
in
the
reed.
After
this
has
been
done,
unclasp
the
loop,
push
the
reed
forward
and
wind
more
wool
round
it.
\7hen wool
has
been sewn
along
4A
Fis.
s4"
Figs.55 and
56.
\rrrrplc
presser
foot
with
1,,'
u,lrole
length of'
the
i
,.r
ir of
scissors,
vrithout
,
lr
i
n
c.
Sewing
can
then
nuner
for
straight and
zig-zag
seams.
reed,
it
should be
cut
open
with
a
removing
the
work
f
rom the
ma-
b
e
continued,
rornr
bv
row',
ur-rtil
4t
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