Adjust Serger Tension

How to master the tension on your serger once and for all.

[@susanohrstrom6120]

This is a wonderful tutorial! Thank you so much! From an overlock (and also coverlock) user for at least 40 years! ❤

[@sharonspei3392]

OMG I have played with the tension until I have a mess. This is the best explanation of how to adjust a serger. Thank you !!!!!

[@susanohrstrom6120]

Brilliant! Thanks, never thought of doing this with each thread.

[@alethialovetosew]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I bought a new serger and it started out sewing well, then it went bananas. I was getting ready to pack it up, when I decided to look for a tutorial to see if I could figure out the tension. Thanks a million, now I will be the serger.

[@carolinelvsewe]

Awesome tutorial. I have watched many!!! I’m going to do this with mine

[@1gr8lpta]

This is an excellent video tutorial

[@debbieharper2715]

Thank you so much. I was able to dial in my serger.

[@celiahaddon4087]

This is an excellent tutorial. You deserve to be more widely known about. Clearly filmed and explained. Thank you!

[@Dogsandsewon]

You have no idea how much this helped me! Fabulous video, thank you so much

[@jirup]

I am so glad I found your video... this was an absolute life saver. Thank you so much.

[@rainbowstephanie9387]

Thanks so much. I have been fighting my overlocker for ages. Your trick is brilliant and I’ll be using it from now on

[@tammywarnr6009]

Thank you so much for this video! I inherited this EXACT serger when my mom passed and have been struggling with the tension! This video series is a lifesaver! Thank you!

[@lesleyjoyce53]

Thank you, I have spent hours and hours over many days trying to get the tension correct. This video is a godsend and makes so much sense. Thanks again 😊

[@boytoy7605]

Thanks that's some great advice.... I just picked up a serger Pro .....never sewed in my life... this was an excellent tip and looking forward to watching more videos

[@jackiebuys3178]

This is excellent! I just purchased a preowned singer profinish and i am still tweeking the tensions. This is a really logical way to get perfect tension for each.

[@MyDustyHouse]

I am your biggest fan now. Thank you

[@ncboot5014]

Thank you for this tutorial, it helped me understand that all sergers may not perform alike, and how to find that perfect coordination for any serger. I was, however, pretty dizzy from all the camera movement at the end, but I took notes and only need to watch it once and understand. Thanks again! :) UPDATE: This was such an excellent method to find the right tension on my machine, and I thank you once again VERY MUCH for your video, it worked out GREAT for me!! :)

[@Silasmoseley]

This is a great tutorial!!! I have been playing with tension and different thead types and always forget what settings work best with which threads!! Thank you so much 😊❤️

[@cindyrose6880]

Excellent! Thank you! I’m finally serging again. I have an older Singer serger that I’ve never had good tensions. This took me a full day to do but is totally worth it. My tensions ended up at left needle 3.5, Right needle 4.5, Upper looper 6.25 and Lower looper 5.5. So it’s no wonder the factory settings never worked and my serging was awful. Everyone’s machine is sooo different! Again thank you! Oh and that all the other tensions are at 3 to start with really makes sense. Yeah!!

[@MegaDargy]

This is brilliant! Concise and clear instructions with wonderful illustration. Thank you, this has been extremely helpful. I subscribed!

[@nitagail77]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@edixtro]

i am new to serging and a little intimidated. You have help take away some of that fear. Finding the right tension has always been a mystery to me. Thank you for this video. It was very well done.

[@melevans3799]

Thanks this is brilliant. I fell out with my server tonight and you helped me fix my tension x

[@idazzleshop212]

Thanks for sharing this great method. I’m new to serging and this will help a lot. Awesome tutorial. I hope you make more. Thanks again.

[@tinae9068]

Thank you Dana from newbie kiwi (NZ) mum n daughter learning . Most helpful

[@Serene3574]

BRILLIANT! Could never understand the tension so my serger sat on a shelf.

[@GoddessNeith]

This is unbelievably helpful thank you so very much!

[@quitethesoph3558]

You're a genius, I hope you know that! Thank you for this tutorial!

[@glendarathbone6490]

Thank you for this! Straight forward, easy to understand.

[@weiwang6629]

What a great experiment system! Thank you!!

[@caroleshaw9822]

Thank you for your video. I think how you did the separate threads each on a sampler was great....trouble is with a serger, we have to change the tension, more often than not, for each type of different fabric we use....but, this is a great way to sort things out, to ensure our tension, and which needle/looper is causing an issue. Thank you very much.

[@dtharge4082]

An excellent tutorial. Thank you so much I did this and it worked. Thanks again.

[@jojeingram4421]

Brilliant! Thank you sooooo much! Gonna try this tomorrow!

[@kla4285]

You are fabulous. My singer was acting up and I wasn’t happy with the stitches. I did exactly as you said and it was fixed immediately. Thank you thank you. You saved me lots of headaches.

[@carmenv2208]

Hello, what are your settings on the side nobs??

[@amykitching171]

I am new to serging. This was extremely useful.

[@AvelinaTorres-xh5pz]

thank you! this made it so easy !

[@shaheenahmad8859]

Really informative video ez to lurn. Thank you.

[@aalycaat]

thank you so much!!! this helped me tremendously

[@znycelondon5313]

Great way to test. Thank you for sharing. New subscriber! 🌹

[@cynthiahaskell9926]

Thank you for this tutorial.

[@samanthagonzales3832]

Great tutorial thank you

[@bullynz]

Thank you! Hopefully I can now fix my overlocker.

[@andre1987eph]

Good demo tho. I shared it to my mailbox 👍

[@rachelbooth2478]

Genius! Thank you

[@emmanewton5151]

Thank you I am going to try this.

[@faysalkus1083]

Great idea

[@ginnymccluskey4253]

what a great way to do it!

[@racheldawe3456]

Really clever way to set the tension, I'm going to try it today!

[@nanettejernigan7338]

Hi Dana, thank you so much for the serger tension lesson. My Singer ProFinish was given to me by a dear friend, and I have really struggled with it. Would you consider doing another video, showing how to make something/anything simple? Blessings to you and yours!

[@yvobalcer]

Great tip.

[@TheSkilledSnowman]

Thank you so much

[@IMOO1896]

Great idea to concentrate on one thread at a time.

[@TaDarling1]

What number was your differential feed set to and what was your stitch length set to?

[@nadeemuk6194]

Thanks

[@cecilialascody6003]

Tension adjusting is so confusing! Thanks!

[@MyBarbara90]

This was very helpful. I wish you could hold the camera steadier.

[@carmenv2208]

What are the side nob settings set too ??? 😱😭

[@daniellefarrar811]

wow thank you :)

[@Franzflowerz]

So to tighten its the lowest setting and to loosen its the higher settings? 😮 i thought it was the other way around

[@mizloveybrowne7149]

What happened to GREEN TENSION?

[@znycelondon5313]

Coming back a year later.......not many comments have a reply......🤔

[@NhatTran]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@jeanwoolsey4223]

A very useful and well explained video. The sound quality isn't great and filming is jumpy.

[@anatirado2981]

The stitches are too tight and too close

[@Wintrryt]

It don't Do t😤

[@JohannesJunkJournalLife]

I guess I bought a really old Pfaff 4852 and can’t find a thing other than the useless instructions manual to thread it!!!! Frustrating

[@andre1987eph]

1:49 wait! Doesn’t she have this all backwards? Isn’t a higher number mean higher tension? Boooooooo! 🤷‍♀️ 🙂