Elna Stella TX - stretch stitches missing on stretch material

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I'd suggest www.sewingpartsonline.com if you are in USA.

https://www.sewingpartsonline.com/air-foot-control-elna-436410-20.aspx

Or you could try the Elna Guru, White Sewing Center www.whitesewingcenter.com, he's the specialist supplier for all things Swiss Elna.

The air control foot is the same for all the Elna Air Electronics, whether Stella, SU, TSP, TX etc.

Knit fabric stretches and flexes more than woven fabrics. You probably want to add a stabilizer under the fabric when you hoop it. If you use washable stabilizer, it will disintegrate when it gets wet.

Here's a copy of your owner's manual:

ELNA 500 ELECTRONIC Manual Page 16

Although it does not show a "stretch" stitch per se, there are several that can work. Machines without any stretch stitch can simply use a zig-zag.

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Looks like stitch #06 might be a stretch stitch. You could probably also use a slight 08 or 09 zig-zag. Unless you are sewing something really stretchy (lycra) IMHO, a slight zig-zag is fine and actually is a lot faster than a stretch stitch which takes a few stitches forward and then one or two stitches in reverse. The stitch #09 is something that I use frequently for stretch fabrics.

Elina 40 Question and Answers

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It is in Stretch Stich mode....(SS)

Check your manual to reset in normal mode

Try a ball point needle which is for stretch fabrics. Using the wrong needle can cause skipped stitches.

You could try www.diplodocs.com or www.scribed.com, I think I've seen it on one of those sites. Is the 57 the TX model? If so, its got the most stitches of the Stella models, there was the ZZ, TSP, SP and TX, nice machine. If you can't find a free one you should be able to buy one from one of the sites like www.sewingpartsonline.com or www.whitesewingcenter.com

You can access the top of the gears in the TX by opening the accessories lid, removing all the acessories from the tray, then unscrewing five screws that you will see holding this piece down and flap in place. One screw at the front holds the front thread eye down so don't remove this completely, but you do need to loosen it off a bit.

you can download a service manual for the Elna Stella here, http://www.arizonaexpressionz.com/elna_service/stella_service_manual.pdf, not exactly the TX but much of the internals will be very close.

If there is no obvious symbol, try putting it on a wider stitch in straight mode