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No more skipped stitches! Cheryl 03-02-2008
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Posted by Cheryl on March 2, 2008, 9:34 am
I'm following up on my post of a few days ago about what to do about
skipped stitches when sewing with lightweight lycra. I received a lot
of informative posts, THANK YOU ALL. I have experimented with several
suggestions, and here's what worked.
1. Changed my thread from Coats to Guttermann.
2. Changed my needle to Schmetz Stretch, size 75-11, H-S.
3. Bought some thread lubricant, Sewers Aide, and applied a couple of
drops to a piece of felt I glued to my machine in a place where the
thread would move across it.
And, it all worked! No more skipped stitches.
Cheryl

Posted by Pogonip on March 2, 2008, 3:41 pm
Cheryl wrote:
> I'm following up on my post of a few days ago about what to do about
> skipped stitches when sewing with lightweight lycra. I received a lot
> of informative posts, THANK YOU ALL. I have experimented with several
> suggestions, and here's what worked.
> 1. Changed my thread from Coats to Guttermann.
> 2. Changed my needle to Schmetz Stretch, size 75-11, H-S.
> 3. Bought some thread lubricant, Sewers Aide, and applied a couple of
> drops to a piece of felt I glued to my machine in a place where the
> thread would move across it.
> And, it all worked! No more skipped stitches.
> Cheryl

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