Kenmore 1791 Owner's Manual page 32

THE STRETCH
STITCHES YOU USE
MOST ARE BUiLT-IN
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So many ways to sew today's knits! You have a Your basic settings are illustrated immediately
wide variety of zigzag stitches_ simpiy set Stitch below. The only changes you need consider are
Selector (22) as indicated in each "recipe"_ All variations in stitch width w as you become ex-
other machine settings are the same for each of pert, you may wish stitches to show, either short-
the stitches. With all these, use the zigzag presser er or longer. Don't forget, the Stitch Modifier |30),
foot or Q FOOT
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and appropriate needleplate, lower right, is inside Stitch Length Control (3t).
Rick-Rack Stretch Smocking Stretch
ADJUSTING STRETCH STITCH
BALANCE
Stitch modifier should be in neutral
(notched) position for most materials.
Depending upon the type of fabric
used, you may need to adjust this
control to match forward stitches of
stretch sewing with reverse motion
stitches. If the stitches are too open,
turn the control slightly clockwise; if
the stitches overlap, turn the control
counter-clockwise.
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DIAL YOUR STITCH
FOR SE]-FING ON
INDICATOR (20)
LENGTH
SETAT24-6
WIDTH -- USUALLY AT 4
MODIFIER -- SET AT
NEUTRAL INOTCHED)
POSITION (SEE AT LEFT)
RI_CK-RACK STR ETCH
Used most often for
top-stitching
Stitch Selector _{
Rick-rack stretch stitches are useful also on lapped or
abutted seams where you lap one edge of a seam over
another with seamlines meeting in the center.