Do you know of any tricks for stopping and starting?

Dear mranderson,
Thank you for the fab link to watch the videos.It helps to see how it is done.
Very informative.
Hugs Bev
ps. I can't give you a flower here so I'll visit your other Q&A and leave some there.

In my manual it tells you to release the tension and pull the material slowly from un der the needles. Once the threads are long enough, cut and tie at the back.

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by bevgrift 18 Mar 2011

Thanks very much,I really need more practice and with the great link to the videos I'm going to be doing better.

Sorry Bev - am I being really stupid? What is coverstitch?

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by mranderson 18 Mar 2011

That makes two of us. I will google it and have a look see.

by mranderson 18 Mar 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV...
Hope this works.

by airyfairy 18 Mar 2011

Marge - I have looked at this and I am still no wiser. What is the stitch used for?

by bevgrift 18 Mar 2011

A coverstitch machine is used mainly to overlock and hem garments all at once. Some overlocks have this function also built in, the threading is changed to allow this type of hem. It makes your hems look like store bought garments.
But the videos also show some fab ways to decorate.

With the coverstitch I always start directly on the material chosen. My machine has a trick with its balance wheel - at the end of the seam I turn the wheel manually and very slowly until I hear a first and then a second creaky noise. Then I can turn the wheel back, so that the needles are free. Then the threads are loose, so that I can cut them long enough to pull them to the left/inner side to make proper knots. If I don't make any knots at the end of a coverstitch, it unravels definitely.
But the method I use is described in my manual.
Kind regards,
Tina

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by bevgrift 18 Mar 2011

Thank you. I followed mranderson's link and the video show how to pull it away and get the top three threads to the back real easypeasy.What a super link!
Hugs Bev