Needle and thread table, Needle size – Kenmore 15/I649 User Manual
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NEEDLE AND THREAD TABLE
THREAD SIZE
MESDLH
SIZE
FABRIC
lotton 80-100
iynthetic
lilk A
t1
Sheer cottons, silks, and synthetics
Fine laces
lotton 60-80
fiercerized 50
iynthetic
iilk A
14-
Medium weight cottons
Medium Weight silks
Medium weight synthetics
Light weight woolens
iotton
40-60
Aercarized SO
Mercerized heavy duty
!6
Heavy weight cottons
Medium to heavy weight woolens
Heavy drapery fabrics
»ottotTi 30“ so
/Mercerized heavy duty
18
Heaviest cottons as for man’s work clothes
Heaviest woolen coatlrtg
NEEDLE SIZE
Use KENMORE needles The size of the needle should conform
to the size of the thread and both should be suitable to the
material- The same size thread should be used in the bobbin as
on the upper part of the machine for ordinary sewing Never
use a bent needle or one with a blunt point,
This is the exact length of the needle to
be used in your machine Comparison
with this iUustration w'tii determine
whether the needle you have is tha
correct one for your machine
PLACEMENT OF NEEDLE
Raise needle bar to its highest
position by turning hand wheei
toward you., Loosen needle clamp
screw. Hold the needle with TIat
side away from you Slip the
needle as far as it will go into the
needle clarijp, -and tighten the
needle clam'p screw