"kenmore" needles for 1970 sears kenmore

Posted by Michelle Giordano on September 10, 2008, 10:57 pm

I have a 1970 sears kenmore 1701, its a beautiful machine & sews
wonderfully. I just received it recently off freecycle to teach my
oldest to sew.

Here is the problem:

the manual states only use kenmore needles (obviously from that era).
There is a diagram in the manual that shows the exact length the
needle has to be. I have one that came with it in a sears needle
package. I cannot find anymore of these. My sewing machine repair
guys that I go to for tune ups etc are adamant that it will use
standard size needles. I told them I tried that and the bobbin thread
would not pick up, so they then said my timing is off & to bring it in
for service. The only problem with that is when I put in the actual
"sears" needle it worked perfect. There is only about 3mm difference
in length, but it makes the difference. I am not a newbie to sewing,
I made sure it was up in there all the way, flat side to the back, not
bent etc...

Does anyone have any comments, advice? Or does anyone know where to
buy these shorter needles? I will try using a standard needle one
more time but if they didn't work the last five times I doubt I will
be doing anything productive.

thanks so much everyone! This is a great machine, according to the
sears archive it is a white machine with the kenmore brand on it.

Michelle Giordano

Posted by Michelle Giordano on September 10, 2008, 11:01 pm

Oh shoot! Sorry everyone, here I am replying to my own post. I should
have said this first....

!!! Hello! I am back after about 2 or 3 years of not being able to
read the group! I missed it so much. It looks like some of the girls
& guys I used to post with are still around, and alot of new-to-me
people too! I used to post under the name dnmgiordano I think, I
can't even remember my old username!

Michelle Giordano

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Posted by IMS on September 11, 2008, 7:11 am

...Yes I remembe you Michelle, welcome back!!

-Irene

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:01:37 -0700 (PDT), Michelle Giordano

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Posted by Bobbie Sews More on September 10, 2008, 11:12 pm

Hi Michelle, do you have a Sears store close by to get you kenmore needles?
Welcome back!!
Barbara in SC

Posted by Juno B on September 10, 2008, 11:24 pm

Bobbie Sews More wrote:
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Michelle, so good to have you back. As soon as I saw you name I said to
myself .Michelle with the 3 little girls, lots of sewing skills and a
job with an insurance company.Oh and you live in Saskatchewan

Hope you stay around for awhile.
Juno

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