5-Thread Safety Stitch - Baby Lock evolve BLE8W Instruction And Reference Manual

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5-Thread Safety Stitch

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The 5-thread safety stitch is perfect for all types of woven fabrics ranging from fine to heavy weight. This stitch
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is designed to seam and overlock the edge in one step, thus creating a garment industry standard stitch. As
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well as woven fabrics, the 5-thread safety stitch is for stabilizing knits, sweater knits and long seams on woven
fabrics.
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The 5-thread safety stitch is a combined stitch of a 3-thread overlock and 2-thread chain stitch. The 5-thread
safety stitch itself can be up to 3 different seam widths, depending on the chain/cover stitch needle position.
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The varied widths can then work with different types of fabrics.
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For 5-Thread Safety Stitch:
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1. Use standard blade cover.
2. Thread the upper, lower and chain loopers.
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3. Thread one chain needle and O-1 overlock needle. (See diagram).
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4. Engage the blade to cut the fabric. Set stitch width dial at 7.5.
5. Select A on the Stitch Selector.
6. Set Wave Selector Lever on "O".
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* See chart on next page for settings of each size of 5-thread safety stitch.
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