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Tension question
Hello,
I am trying to make a homemade dog collar. I have all the supplies needed, however I can't seem to get the tension/stitch length right. The hemp ribbing is pretty thick and I bought some clear nylon thread to stitch it. However, the thread keeps snapping. I am using a size 16 needle. I plan to buy some cotton thread, hoping that will help, but I am a beginner and would like some insight into suggested tension and other settings for this project. I appreciate all insight. thanks, Lisa |
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Perhaps a size 18 needle and loosen the bobbin tension just a tiny bit and
the thread tension as well, but just a tiny bit at a time,try it and see what happens. Also, polyester/cotton thread is probably better. Emily |
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My guess is the material is far to heavy for your home sewing machine.
Monofilament is the devils work, just plain nasty stuff. -- Ron Anderson A1 Sewing Machine PO Box 60 Sand Lake, NY 12153 518-469-5133 http://www.a1sewingmachine.com "Lisae1" wrote in message ups.com... Hello, I am trying to make a homemade dog collar. I have all the supplies needed, however I can't seem to get the tension/stitch length right. The hemp ribbing is pretty thick and I bought some clear nylon thread to stitch it. However, the thread keeps snapping. I am using a size 16 needle. I plan to buy some cotton thread, hoping that will help, but I am a beginner and would like some insight into suggested tension and other settings for this project. I appreciate all insight. thanks, Lisa |
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CypSew wrote:
Perhaps a size 18 needle and loosen the bobbin tension just a tiny bit and the thread tension as well, but just a tiny bit at a time,try it and see what happens. Also, polyester/cotton thread is probably better. Emily If you start playing with the bobbin tension, you may never get it back where it belongs, and that will cost you a trip to your dealer. Better to buy an extra bobbin case for special projects. Bobbin tension adjustments are very sensitive - often one eigth of a turn is too much. Roger. |
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On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 09:43:40 GMT, "Ron Anderson"
wrote: My guess is the material is far to heavy for your home sewing machine. Monofilament is the devils work, just plain nasty stuff. There's gadget called a sewing awl for just such projects. It's a heavy-duty sewing-machine needle in a pin vice that has a nice fat handle that you can push with your whole hand. If it's not quite *that* hard, you can get a heavy-duty thimble at a quilter's store. I've heard of a gadget called a "sailor's palm" for pushing needles through canvas and leather, but I've never seen one. Google turned up an astonishing number of hits, but not one offer to *sell* a sailor's palm! I did learn that they come in "seaming palms" and the heavier-duty "roping palm". Adding "seaming palm" to the search criteria brought the hits down to three, and the third one mentioned two sites that sell palms. $14 at one, $16.50 at the other -- and these, according to another page I'd read, are cheap, dual-duty palms for weekend sailors. Joy Beeson -- http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ -- needlework http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson59...HSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ -- Writers' Exchange joy beeson at earthlink dot net |
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