Grammie Pulled It Off
What’s not to like about a day to take challenges on: toe to toe, eye to eye. In regard to the serger (previous posts) that was given to me, it was left last night as a re-do on the threading. I pulled out all four spools of tread and started over while the YouTube video was loading: “A Man and His Serger.” All was stepping right along
until the video referred to a small hook for the upper loopers. There was no small hook to be seen. Dennis came down: watched the video, looked at the serger sitting on the table . . . no small hook. It was time to get out the LED flashlight. Dennis with his tiny eye spied a small hole. It took a very small sewing needle poked into it to realize that it was the target for the thread. Dennis exited: stage right.
I decided a cup of coffee would be needed. Thread is soft. Thread is limp. Thread that needs to span a 
space of 1.5 inches to be threaded into a small hole is NOT going to be completed on the
first try. I trimmed the thread. I wetted the thread. I cursed the thread. Actually . . . I think that did it. That one important step was what allowed the scissor action to work for the overlocking of threads. I think someone in solitary confinement devised this little machine. After the threading process we felt pretty smart about ourselves. It was when I turned the next page in the written manual and also pushed the “play” button on the video that the rest of the story was revealed . . . the tension settings. Dennis wished me good luck and declared he was going out to have coffee with his friends at the apartment building. He knew what was good for
him. Tension of an ordinary sewing machine can be difficult. Setting tension for four different spools of thread could bring anguish and the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Fast forward: It is now time for the sun to be setting and the serger and I are one. It is working perfectly. It was worth all the deep sighs, heavy breathing and cussing under my breath . . . and some out load. It will take its rightful place in the sewing studio and be on hand for working with whatever any day may bring. Priceless. Megan, I am hear to tell you I also have reached success at tenacity.