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Difference between overlocks and coverstich?
I'm considering investing in a serger. And while searching for one I had to
choose wether I wanted a overlock or coverstitch. Can someone tell me the difference? Thanks. Isabella |
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Uhm, help?
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"unbroken" wrote:
I'm considering investing in a serger. And while searching for one I had to choose wether I wanted a overlock or coverstitch. Can someone tell me the difference? Thanks. It shouldn't be an 'or' question. It's an 'and' question. DO you want overlock and coverstitch or just overlock. Overlock is the 'standard' serger seam. One or two needle threads, upper looper and lower looper threads going around the seam allowance. Coverstitch is more of a hemming/finishing stitch. Look at the hem on a tshirt. *that's* a coverstitch. All sergers do an overlock stitch. Many newer sergers will do a coverstitch. jenn -- Jenn Ridley |
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unbroken scribbled on a scrap of paper:
Uhm, help? this is a low traffic ng. Good things come to those with patience. |
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Jenn Ridley scribbled on a scrap of paper:
"unbroken" wrote: I'm considering investing in a serger. And while searching for one I had to choose wether I wanted a overlock or coverstitch. Can someone tell me the difference? Thanks. It shouldn't be an 'or' question. It's an 'and' question. DO you want overlock and coverstitch or just overlock. Overlock is the 'standard' serger seam. One or two needle threads, upper looper and lower looper threads going around the seam allowance. Coverstitch is more of a hemming/finishing stitch. Look at the hem on a tshirt. *that's* a coverstitch. All sergers do an overlock stitch. Many newer sergers will do a coverstitch. jenn A standard cover stitch has serger type sewing ( loops) on one side, and two or three rows of "straight" stitch on the other side, this is what you should look for when trying to see what it is. There are some cover stitch dedicated machines that do not do regular serging. Many of the new ones, as Jenn says, do both. Penny S |
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"Penny S" wrote in message ... unbroken scribbled on a scrap of paper: Uhm, help? this is a low traffic ng. Good things come to those with patience. Yeah but you don't have to be bitchy about it. Isabella |
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"Jenn Ridley" wrote in message ... snippens It shouldn't be an 'or' question. It's an 'and' question. DO you want overlock and coverstitch or just overlock. Overlock is the 'standard' serger seam. One or two needle threads, upper looper and lower looper threads going around the seam allowance. Coverstitch is more of a hemming/finishing stitch. Look at the hem on a tshirt. *that's* a coverstitch. All sergers do an overlock stitch. Many newer sergers will do a coverstitch. jenn -- Jenn Ridley Thanks Jenn. I kind of got confused by that website. But it just said Overlock or Coverstich as they were in separate sections. But thank you bunches!! That helped me heh. I want the coverstitch. Isabella |
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unbroken wrote: "Penny S" wrote in message ... unbroken scribbled on a scrap of paper: Uhm, help? this is a low traffic ng. Good things come to those with patience. Yeah but you don't have to be bitchy about it. Isabella Uhm, what? ! |
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"unbroken" wrote:
"Penny S" wrote in message ... unbroken scribbled on a scrap of paper: Uhm, help? this is a low traffic ng. Good things come to those with patience. Yeah but you don't have to be bitchy about it. Ummm. You're the one getting "bitchy". Penny just made a simple observation and rather polite comment. Posting a request at 10pm EST, and following up less than 12 hours later is kind of pushy. Traffic on the group drops *well* off after about 9 est, and doesn't pick up again until 10 am est. according to my news server, there were four messages to this group between your first request and the followup. I, and probably many other people on this newsgroup, didn't see your first message until you had already sent the second one. If it's that important to you, why didn't you do a websearch? That's what I did. jenn -- Jenn Ridley |
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Jenn Ridley scribbled on a scrap of paper:
"unbroken" wrote: "Penny S" wrote in message ... unbroken scribbled on a scrap of paper: Uhm, help? this is a low traffic ng. Good things come to those with patience. Yeah but you don't have to be bitchy about it. Ummm. You're the one getting "bitchy". Penny just made a simple observation and rather polite comment. Posting a request at 10pm EST, and following up less than 12 hours later is kind of pushy. Traffic on the group drops *well* off after about 9 est, and doesn't pick up again until 10 am est. according to my news server, there were four messages to this group between your first request and the followup. I, and probably many other people on this newsgroup, didn't see your first message until you had already sent the second one. If it's that important to you, why didn't you do a websearch? That's what I did. jenn it's important to note, too that there are two sewing ng's, and this one has about 1/8 the traffic that alt.sewing does. Penny |
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