Kenmore 14401 Sewing Machine User Manual


 
3. LEARN TO USE THE CONTROLS
Your machine has many special features to make your sewing both easy and accurate. Take a
minute to look at the three controls that regulate your stitches.
Stitch Selector
Your sewing machine can make a variety of
stitches. They are pictured on the Stitch
Selector Dial. In addtion, there are three
buttonhole steps pictured on the dial also.
NOTE: Beginning on page 24, you will find
detailed instructins on the use of each
stitch.
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Orange patterns_ Blue buttonhole steps
Green pattern __--- Orange pattern
Green patterns
Blue buttonhole
- Yellow patterns
Stitch Length Control
To lenghten a stitch, turn the dial toward
you. To shorten a stitch, you turn the dial
away from you. You will see 5 numbers on
the dial. These tell you the number of stitches
per inch when you are sewing.
NOTE: Study the orange, green, yellow and
blue sections on this control. These
are recommended ranges of stitch
length and color-coded to the stitches
pictured on the Stitch Selector.
The orange line between 0 and 24 is the
setting used for the shortest stitches such as
in satin stitching.
Orange pattern ran pattern range
Shorter
Blue buttonhole range
Yellow pattern range- X /
L°n;;:tern range i_ ! !_l_lll
Green pattern range --/ \
Orangepattern range
_ Shorter
j_i! Longer
Bluebuttonhole range
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