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...roll hem devise when over locking this sounds like an overlocker/serger machine you are using? if the fabric is catching on the overlocking tongue it could be a number of factors, have you lifted the ...
roll a heavy fabric at all as the thread tension needs to pull the fabric edge over inside the stitches and a firm stiff fabric will resist this. Things you could try, has the fabric been prewashed to
...top looper with woolly overlock thread and reduce stitch length. there is also a thread finger u need to flick back on throat or needle plate usually to make rolled hem. also move blade to right to ...
...hem. Remove the left hand needle and thread if 4 threads are threaded). Now there is usually a lever around the stitching area that you slide back towards you to remove the stitching finger back ...
...top looper and 6.5 to 7 on the bottom looper thread. Move cutting blade position to the right so that you are trimming the fabric quite a bit wider than your stitch, this makes the fabric "roll" ...
...hem). Loosen off top looper and tighten up bottom looper so the bottom looper is up tight against the needle thread on the underside. Test serge to get the stitch right, then turn the stitch length ...
...hem, the looper cover is used to "trick" the looper into "thinking" it is threaded. On my serger (not a Bernina), this is referred to as a "subsidiary looper". It is a spring type mechanism that fits ...
...roll. On the Bernettes this is a little lever in front of the stitching area that you pull back to retract the finger. Have a look around where the stitch forms and you should see the ...
...roll to the underside inside the stitch. I would set top looper tension to 3 and bottom looper tension to 6 first off (needle at five, normal tension) first off and test serge with the stitch length ...
...to use wooly overlock thread on at least the top looper so this "fills" in the rolled edge. If you visit you-tube and search using "Rolled Hem" or Nancy Zieman you should find some helpful videos
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