Knee lift lever, do you use it? If no, why not?
#11
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NOOOO I have a Viking with an automatic pivot. When you stop sewing, the needle stays down and the foot comes up just a bit allowing you to pivot or feed the next piece when chain piecing. Don't even have to think about it. This is my favorite feature.
#12
Use the knee lifter allllllll the time, love it. First got one on my old 814 Bernina...so have sewed with that concept for years............bothe my current Bernina and Brother has one....
#14
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Join Date: Dec 2010
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I have only ever sewn with my knee! My machine is about 40 or 50 years old, and I have had it for 28 years. I am in the market for a new machine to get myself into the 21st century. I know it will take a bit of getting used to to sew with my foot and lift the presser foot with my knee.
#15
When I first got my machine, I looked at it and went "what is this for". Stuck it in the case for the machine and never looked at it again. After a few years of owning my machine, someone explained what it was and talked me into trying it out. I have been hooked ever since. Love it when I am piecing blocks, especially when chain piecing. I have found it also very helpful when doing top stitching on applique pieces.
#17
I don't right now, because the hole where the knee lift goes is blocked by the bracket thing that holds the shelf that my machine sits on. I'm going to alter my table somehow so I can use the knee lift.
#19
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Originally Posted by PaperPrincess
NOOOO I have a Viking with an automatic pivot. When you stop sewing, the needle stays down and the foot comes up just a bit allowing you to pivot or feed the next piece when chain piecing. Don't even have to think about it. This is my favorite feature.
In an old (really old) magazine I saw an ad for a "universal" foot pedal presser foot lifter - there was a double pedal like the brake and the gas and it was supposed to fit any machine. I tried to google but it must not have been a success. Wish another manufacturer would try to make one!!
That's the thing I hate most about sewing is reaching under the throat for the PF lifter!!! Did no-one think to put it on the front? Or make a button to press for it??
I had a Brother with the button stop/go and did not like it! I didn't like taking my hand off the fabric and constantly reaching up to the button. Especially if I made a mistake - I'd almost panic trying to "stop" before I sewed another 10 stitches! :-P :-P :-P
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