Oh no! Looper Threads Hanging Off Serger and Overlocker
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.พ. 2019
- Why do looper threads hang off the edge of your fabric? Who knows?
Well, I do... let me show you !
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How to fix threads hanging over the edge of your fabric on your overlocker
Why do the looper threads overhang sometimes when you serge or overlock on a new project? You haven’t changed the settings and it worked perfectly fine before! Let me show you why it happens and how to go about fixing the problem. www.abisden.com #sewwithabi - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Two years on and we still see lots of people suggesting tension problem - let's share this video! & How about the dreadful music ! Haha! just watched the video through, now I can see why I have so many comments about it.
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Maybe check the quality of the video prior to posting😊
Being a total novice with an overlocker, I found your information and guidance about tensioning answered why my stitches were looping on the edge. Thanks Abi. 👍
What music?!!
Thank you! Spent like 2 hours messing with my serger tension with no luck. Adjusted the blade and voila! It is awesome! Thank you!!!
Glad it helped!
Thank you so much, you saved my hoody project and my sanity AND the overlocker being smashed with a hammer!!
EXACTLY!!!! I WANTED TO THROW MY SERGER UP AGAINST THE WALL!!!! WHEW!!!!!!
Your comment about the hammer made me laugh so hard, with deep hysteria caused by my overlocker I might add!
😅😅😅
Haha 2years later and you just took the words out of MY mouth!
Thank You again to Abi !
Thank you so much!! No where does the manual mention this and I was ready to drop the machine off a cliff. Everyone talks tension but no one ever mentioned the knife!!
Saved me from pulling my hair out, been trying everything
Thanks a million 😊
Thank you, watched many videos. You were the only one that addresses the knife part!
sadly, lots of people are misled to thinking only tensions are adjusted on the overlocker - unfortunately they couldnt be more wrong. overlocker tension hardly changes, just as you leave the tension on a sewing machine, you leave the tension on the overlocker.Glad to help. I have a Top Tips video coming soon, subscribe and hit that bell to get the notification :
Thank you. It is surprising the troubleshooting sections of serger manuals (at least the one I own) don't mention changing the knife position or even identify this "loopy" threading as an issue. Your tutorial was very helpful particularly the explanation why one layer of fabric causes so much grief. Often on the same garment some areas are serged over double fabric thickness and a few others might be single...good to know.
Thank you Abi! You’re very thorough and explain everything so well!
Hi, Abi. At last, someone who explains my 'loopy' problem. I've been going loopy trying to get to grips with my machine.
Thank you thank you thank you. You are the ONLY person out of all the videos I've watched this week that addressed this exact issue which is the very one I had. Now I can finally finish my baby blankets before the baby arrives in the next few weeks.
You are so welcome
Abi, thanks SO much for the tips to solve loops hanging over the edge of my fabric. I've just finished my first project - a zipped lined bag in which to store my accessories. As we're in lockdown, I have no excuse but to sort through my fabric stash and keep busy!!
Thank you so much for your very clear demonstration. I have had this problem with over locking a seam on taffeta and your suggestions have allowed me to fix it up. My machine is brand new so I am still learning its little quirks.
Thank you madame. My wife just thought that she broke her overlocker. Your video saved her a lot of nerves :)
Thanks Abi, understand more clearly the interaction between tensions and knife position. Much appreciated.
Thanks Abi... so often 8 have had this problem as a newbie and this video has explained so much for me. Clear and concise as always. Brilliant!
Thank you so much. That was very very helpful. I'm learning to use my serger and had the thread tension perfect. I used thinner fabric and i noticed the loops, but the actual stitching looked perfect. Increasing the stitch width was the answer! You saved me alot of time 😁
Oh my word, I’ve been struggling for 1.5 hours to figure out what was wrong and this has helped to sort it out! Thanks so much!
Thank you. I just bought a serger and had this problem and wondered if it was the knife. You just confirmed it! Thanks again.
Thank you so much for this video. For over a week I’d been faffing about with the tension getting increasingly baffled and frustrated. I’m just repeating comments below, but it’s amazing the manual and other guides don’t suggest changing the knife position. I’ve finally finished my sweater dress now 😊
Bless you for this . My overlocker and I have been at odds with each other for ages - and now we are friends again - Thank you
Priceless wisdom. Thank you Abbey. ❤️
Dear Abi. After one hour trying to fix the loops my serger was giving me trouble with i found your video and now its beautiful. A big fat thank youuuuu!!!!!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
I’ve spent ages today adjusting all the tensions trying to fix this, looking at so many ‘cheat sheet’ images to try and find something similar to my issue, and getting no where, and then I stumble upon your video- adjust the knife as you suggest, and BAM perfection!! Thank you thank you thank you!!
Thank you!!!
This was driving me mad. I never realised that the knife could be a factor.
Your videos are so clear and helpful.
Thank God for you! I have struggled with this problem so many times! Finally I've adjusted the knife and - perfect! Thank you!!
I knew very little when I got my serger and got so discouraged for a while when I got this issue- but this fixed it for me and I feel a lot more confident moving forward now! Thank you for your video
Thank you so much! I have been struggling with this issue for a while now and this advice is straight forward and helped a lot :)
Thank you so much! Something so simple like moving the knife made a huge difference.
THANKYOU nowhere could I find why I had these big loops. You saved me.
Thank you so much. My manual didn't identify this as a problem and I didn't realise I could alter the knofe. Great video tutorials.
THE KNIFE!!! Thank you so much for this video! I am HAPPY and you are wonderful!
Yay! I got one of these machines today and had to adjust the knife for the same reason. I had never had to do that with my other, so thanks for confirming here :).
Thank you. I'm so happy i found your channel. You are such a joy to learn with.
Thank you Anjel
Thank you for posting this! Solved all of my problems
I learn something every time I watch your videos. This is particularly helpful to me, I have the Janome Pro 4 D looks very similar to yours. I don’t know if it’s a different model number for Canada than yours. My old 20+ years old didn’t have the adjustable blade on foot pressure so things I’m learning. You’re never too old to learn something new. 😁😁. Can’t wait to get in my sewing room now. Thank you so much for sharing Abi. Have a great weekend. Val 🇨🇦🇬🇧❤️
thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I spent two days trying to figure out how to tread and then look for a looping solving video
You're very welcome!
Thank you!!!! Great explanation and especially the samples so we can see the effect of the adjustments.
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Thank you SO MUCH for this video. It was the only one that suggested knife adjustment. It worked! Thank you for fixing my looper issue. Also the tip about dusting probably helped. (P.S. I had already seen other folks' suggestions about looper tension, tried that, and it didn't work.)
Thank you for your useful videos especially the one that shows retracting the knife.
This solved my problem with the ovehanging top thread on the edge of the cloth!!! thanks!!
Fantastic Abi, thank you so much.
Thank you!! Adjusting the knife fixed the problem. I am with all of the others who are surprised this is not in any manuals. Most searches just had info on looper tension. My old serger did not do this, so I was baffled when my new serger did. The only way to get a good edge was to put it in rolled hem mode.
Which machine is it?
@@AbisDen The new one is a Singer S0230, my old one is an ancient, Singer 14 U 12. It still does a good job, I just wanted a 4 Thread. I also have a Singer 14T967DC that I don't like - loaned it to a friend years ago, good riddance
Thank you!!! I always forget about the knife. Makes so much sense.
Great video! Very Helpful! Thank you so much!
thank you! just finished a t-shirt with light weight material; very frustrating to see those loose loops. Didn't even know you could move the blade that way....newbie.....thank you so much.
This was super helpful thank you so much! I always experienced spacing at the top edge but f my fabric
Thank you!!!!! It was my knife settings that was causing the loops to hang over the fabric! Thank you Thank you!!!
Thank you! I always learn something very helpful from you!
Thank you for this video. I thought it was a tension problem but now I see I can adjust the knife to fix the loose loops. I was ready to get rid of my serger (Mod-8933) because I could not figure it out on my own…
My saviour you are Abi.... Thankyou sooo much
I have just come accross your channel and absolutely love it. You explain it all so well in your soothing calm voice
Oh thank you!🌷
Thank you very much! Also, your voice is really soothing to listen to after dreadful couple of hours trying to solve this problem on my own
Thank you
Fantastic information, thank you. I know how to disengage and engage the knife but about adjusting its distance from the edge. I shall have to check that out, I have used my overlocker for more than 40 years.
Thank you Abi, it was very helpful 😊
Thank you so much!! This was SO helpful!!
THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH!!!! I CLEANED THE BLADE AREA AND ADJUSTED IT AND IT WORKED!!!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
Magic! 🥳
I have just learned so much with your video. I bought the new singer lidl S010 and I was fighting without result, I will try the knife tomorrow and it will probably solve the problem. *happy dance* thank you
Thank you for the information. I had the same problem, and rethread the lower looper and all is fixed, even if the lower looper is a pain to thread. You are a gem.
Glad it helped! Fiddly but works!
This was sooooo helpful. Thank you!
Adjusting the knife for lycra/spandex fabric worked perfect for me, and your comment about the double layers of fabric was so helpful Thank you so much.
Excellent stuff!
Thank you! This was exactly the problem I had.
Very helpful and I hadn’t thought about adjusting the knife.
Thank you.
No worries!
Thank you so much- my serger has been driving me crazy and none of the repair shops are open in my area. I couldn't figure out why adjusting the tension knobs wasn't doing anything- the knife settings are a hidden secret!
Just watched a few of your videos about sergers. Will be using the trouble shooting tips and planning to sew the lounge pants and using the math formula for the self made pattern. Never seen it explain this way and the video was well done. Thanks for your time and shared knowledge, will be watching all of your videos and future ones. Happy Sewing !!! 👚
Just seen this - great - glad to help!
Thank you for a great video it solved all my overlocking problems 🤗👍🏽x
Amazing! Really helped me on my first go at an overlock!
Thanks for. Your feedback Silvia. Keep watching for more!
Hi Abi. Just found your great tutorial on when your over locker is going loopy😕 . It works great now :) .Thanks for the hints and tips.much appreciated for you time. 😁
@Abi's Sewing Den - I've always been one for hand stitching my clothes, however I recently purchased a used Toyota SL3000 triple thread overlocker/weaver on a whim. Having never used a sewing machine before, let alone an overlocker/weaver. It's a robust little machine and only cost me £50 in a charity shop, with lots of accessories. Now armed with some very useful information about stitch positioning and a clear explanation of thread tensioning, I've managed to achieve quite satisfactory results in one afternoon's practice on different samples, while following your insightful guidance. Fore which I'm most grateful, because I'm disabled, live alone and have a big pile of tatty favourites. And I can now finally make some net curtains that actually fit the bloody windows. I would otherwise be paying someone else. Not any more! 😉 #sewwithabi indeed.
Thank you for sharing. This is so lovely to read and absolutely what this channel is about. Empowering each of us. You want to sew, great? Great let’s get on with it. You don’t need to pay out £££’s for classes and repair men who don’t actually know what they’re doing anyways. Bravo!!!
This was exactly what I needed! Thank you.
I've been struggling with this and it seemed the tension did nothing. Thanks for the info about moving the blades - problem solved!
Thank you so much - I was ready to throw the overlocker out of the window!
So very helpful!
I'd been struggling with this problem, I thought it was me,. now I know what to adjust and fixed the issuenwithing minutes - many thanks
Thank you so much I’ve tried everything tension never thought of knife thank you again😃🦩
Wow didn’t know to try adjusting knife 👍🏼 thank you
thank you so much for your sharing all of your great knowledge!! so much appreciated!
🙌🏽you are welcome
Thank you! Such good, sound common sense and judgement. 😀
Thank you Bill 💫
Thanks you for this video i have a Singer overlocker S14 -78 en mine also gives loops with Thin en strech fabric. I didn't,t know what it was and is have try so lang Times to rethreaded. And tension bit nothing helps. Now i now that i need tot adjust my nife, so thank you , thank you, thank you
Excellent I needed to know about the nife instructions .brilliant instruction for settings too thank you so much
Glad it was helpful!
thank you so much for a very useful video, you saved my day...
Thank you mam. This sorted out my issue 🙏🏾
Most welcome 😊
Thanks so much! This helped me when I was setting up my new machine. I had just changed from woven to stretch and gotten all “loopy” ha!
You're welcome!
Thanks for that - brilliant!
Just brilliant!
THanks Abi. I've had this problem so many times and didn't realise it was the knife. The manual just isn't detailed enough (on my Janome overlocker).
Thank u.u are best teacher.
Thanks so much! I think you just solved my problem!
Amazing! ✂️🕷
Thank you so so much for making this video!! I was starting to go a bit coocoo changing all the tensions back and forth and not getting the desired result. Thank you!! ❤️
I’m so glad it helped! Please share with. Others x
Will do! ❤️
Wow wow never knew this but do now thank you xx
Happy to help!
Thank you I also have been struggling with loops hanging over. I hope I can adjust knife
Hey Mary!! Did you work it out on your machine?
Lifesaver! Thank you
You're welcome!
Thank you so much.
Thank you!
Thank you abi I shall have a look at mine after I calm down from wanting to throw it out the window had loads of problems with it .
louise lill 💪🏼you’ll be okay, just don’t rush it.🌷
@@AbisDen thank you I finally got it running after 2/3 years lol your video definitely helped me
Excelente!
Brilliant
Thank you for the tips, Abi! One question, do we need to lift the presser foot before adjusting the tension?
Thanks again
Thank you so much
thank you so much i just fixed my issue .
Yay!
Thank you for your expert advice, i watched your video then i cleaned the dust out then cleaned the knife plus took the lower tension to 4 no more loops and it seems to be faster. I forgot that when it started i made some caravan cushions out of upholstery fabric plenty of dust. Yes it worked although i have just bought a janome 1110dx my other machine is a janome 8002d works perfect but is now up for sale. $175 brisbane
No problem, try this. Top Serger Tips - A Beginners Guide To Starting A New Project #sewwithabi
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