1960s Kenmore Sewing Machine

[@amaliagelizondo2672]

Hi , excuse me what's means Lower the feed dogs ???? That's the only part that I didn't understand of my sewing machine .Thank you for your response.

[@DexRobinson]

No Problem. If you look at your machine, right under the presser foot, you will see the "feed dogs" coming up from under the machine...right around where the needle enters the bobbin area. These feed dogs are the small devices with a "saw tooth" pattern that move or "feed" the material through the machine and under the needle. The feed dogs will come up, grab the material, move towards the back (pulling the material along) and then go down before starting the whole cycle again. If you raise your presser foot, and move the handwheel (by hand) you will see how the feed dogs operate if you look under the presser foot. In most cases, the feed dogs are in the raised or up position because this is required to feed the material through the machine for NORMAL sewing. However, there are some special operations where you DON'T want the feed dogs to feed material through the machine. If you are doing darning or embroidery, you usually want to move the material under the needle with your own hands. In that case, you LOWER the feed dogs so that they won't come up and grab the material.

[@amaliagelizondo2672]

@@DexRobinson Thank you !!!