Like so many others,I learned on a school machine with knee power. I now couldn’t imagine giving up the knee lift on my Berninas so there isn’t a question anymore. I have used pedals exclusively for more than 50 years.
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Originally Posted by Tartan
(Post 8525384)
I have a knee lift but seldom use it. I guess I am just so used to using my foot pedal and hand raising the foot .
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When I learned to sew with sewing machines (around 1980) my school had machines with foot pedals and my mother's machine had a knee control. I vastly preferred the foot pedals. With my mother's machine, it was hard to get a slow start. Additionally, the knee control was a bit too high for me, so I had to have only my toes and the ball of my foot on the floor (raising the heel up as far as I could) to get my knee high enough. I know now that I should have created myself a foot rest with boxes or books, but I didn't know that then. I've never used a knee control machine other than my mother's.
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I only use a foot pedal anymore. I haven't used a knee pedal in more than 50 years. Someone here mentioned to us here a product that I jumped on to purchase in early 2020. I couldn't wait to get it and it works! My foot pedal has hardly moved in more than a year! The item is "Martelli No Slip Pad for for Machine Foot Pedal". The link is, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I love it right now it is $12.69 with prime. The sight says they have 15 left right now. I find it to work better than anything I have ever tried to grip my pedal to the floor. |
I put the loopy side of Velcro on the bottom of my foot. Now it sticks to the carpet and won't slide anywhere. ;)
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Foot Pedal!
I was a medical transcriptionist for years and years, so I feel like my foot pedal is permanently attached now. No way I could sew without it!
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Originally Posted by sewingpup
(Post 8525329)
That is an easy one for me. Gotta have a foot pedal cuz I use my Knee lift all the time on my Bernina to raise my presser foot hands free. Comes in really handy especially when during applique.
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The first sewing machine I learned on was an old Singer that had a knee pedal, so I tend to like that over the foot pedal. I have one machine with a knee pedal, the rest are foot and I really don't like it that much because of the constant chasing it down, even after I've made the modifications to it to keep it in one position.
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