I have a Necchi Omega 6022. The foot control appears to have broken. I live in Trinidad and want to replace the control, but doubt I can find an exact replacement. Can we purchase a similar foot control and splice it onto the electrical cords on the original foot control? Thank you.

http://www.sewingpartsonline.com/foot-control-and-cord-universal-419451-003.aspx

Some of the pictures on the internet make it appear that some of the machines' foot pedals may have been hardwired. Since the machine appears to be a table top drop-in model, the connection may well be under the machine.

However, here is a free dlownload of an owner's manual. Page 14 seems to show the plug-in on the motor itself.

Free Necchi Manual Links

Scroll down to find your model machine (there are three documents).

I don't of anyone that has a free manual, try these 2 sites and see if they can help you
sewvacdoctor.com or A1sewingmachines.com,, you can even try ebay

there is a facebook group for necchi sewing machines, you might join them and see if they have a free manual

try sewingpartsonline.com

I'm a bit confused, this isn't a serger machine as far as I can see. So do you mean an overcasting foot where you sew a XXXXX type stitch along the edge of the fabric? The overcasting foot just helps you to line up the fabric edge and sew over it neatly.

if you go to this page http://www.sewingpartsonline.com/necchi-6022-sewing-machine-parts.aspx
there is an instruction manual for sale.

http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/2009/06/feet-feet-feet/ is also a great resouce on sewing machine feet with good photos of what they are used for.

Here is a video of overcasting foot in action http://www.sewingmachine-sales.co.uk/sewing_machine_info/video/34/adjustable-overcast-foot.html

If you are wanting to sew knit fabric then you just need to use a small zig zag stitch and a ball point needle to put elasticity into the seam. Or your model may have a stretch stitch, where the fabric is moved forwards and backwards during the stitch formation to add some elasticity.

Sewing elastic stretched onto fabric is a bit different with a SM, can be fiddly and hard to keep everything lined up nicely and stretched. Some machines have a little device which clips onto the needle plate in front of the needle that you can feed elastic through and tighten it to tension it, then just use a three step zig zag stitch to seam over this onto your fabric. But I don't know if Necchi has such a thing, your needle plate would need holes in front for it to clip into. Elna had these on their swiss machines in the 80's but haven't seen a similar device for a while.

Hope I've answered your question and not completely misunderstood your problem. Purchasing a manual is often the best way forward when a machine is unfamilar. Or www.sewing.about.com is great resource.

Call 1-800-525-9987 x 20 and ask for Bob.
We have them in stock, $14.25 incl. shipping.

Go to http://allynint.com/
Get the phone number off the web and call them, they have what you need.
If you speak to Dorothy, or Bob Coen, tell them Merry Christmas from Ellen in Arizona. Merry Christmas to you too,

just visit www.janomestuff.com

There is a site that has instructions with how to thread the machine properly. Click here for the www.sewusa.com threading section

refer to manual, look at diagram on machine