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CORDED OVERLOCK
Corded overlock can be used to strengthen shoulder, sleeve or side seams when joining
or making up knitted garments. As a decorative feature you can use knitting yarn of
contrasting colours to further enhance your garment. Your machine is equipped with a
presser foot which has been designed to feed your cord or yarn to the left of the safety
stitch or to the right. Follow instructions as follows:
1. Place a “filler” cord, such as a crochet cotton, gimp, wool, knitting yarn, or shirring
elastic at the rear of the machine spool pin. Pass the cord through the cord guides (1)
and (2) and then through the left needle thread guide (3). See Fig. 1.
2. Insert the cord through either the front or rear hole (according to the operation, see
diagrams Figures 2 and 3), in the presser foot and pass it under and to the rear of
the foot.
3. Place the material to be sewn as normal. Start at slow speed observing if cord is
feeding correctly and increase speed as needed.
FOR JOINING SHOULDERS OR SLEEVES, pass the cord through the front hole,
ensuring that it is fixed between the left and right needle threads as it is guided
through the front hole. (Fig. 2).
FOR JOINING SIDE SEAMS, pass the cord through the rear hole, ensuring it is
positioned to the right needle thread. (Fig. 3).
FOR DECORATIVE EFFECTS, you may pass contrasting colours either through the
front or rear hole or if you desire, pass cord or yarn through each hole.
FOR MAKING WAVED HEM WITH GUT (Fig. 4), pass the gut through the rear hole
and start ROLLED HEMMING (See page 42).
This is used for the hem of skirt, etc.
