Nelle - with the tension, mine goes from 0 - 9. 0 being very loose & 9 being very tight. If I have it too loose the bobbin thread will be loose on the bottom of whatever I'm sewing & will be untidy. If its too tight the top thread will pull too tight & break. Most stitches on my machine need it between 2 & 3. My machine is also tempremental & I have to change it often while sewing.
Some machines from what I've read can have the numbers oppisite as far as I know. Mines a Jenome.
Oh I have a tip. Someone saved me a few months ago by sharing with me. Now mine is a pretty new machine. Has an auto thread bobbin etc. I was having problems with my top thread getting tangled on my bobbin case every time I tried a stitch. It almost drove me insane trying to work out how to fix it, thinking it was something to do with the bobbin case being broken.
But all I needed to do was completely unthread & rethread the top thread & it was back to perfect
Last edited by ~clover~; May 3rd, 2010 at 10:06 PM.
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