Just spent a frustrating 3/4 hour rethreading my D)&@# overlocker (serger). Why is it always the lower looper that needs rethreading? Thought I'd get on and finish a liene for DH that I've had in the "nearly ready to start on this one" pile and thought I was powering long nicely till the rotten machine cacked itself. Just teaches me for ignoring the seductive whispers from that new pattern as it brushed its length along my stash.
Couldn't hurt; never underestimate the positive influence of alcohol! I had been working on a particularly heinous wedding years ago. My son was in first grade. I had just sent him off to school and stood in the kitchen, this was after sewing all night through,(the second all nighter in a row) and it was a choice of.....power nap or cold beer.....I chose Mr. Rogers and an icy brew. Just as I settled on the couch with my feet up on the coffee table, surrounded by the chaos of very expensive bad taste I hear a tap on the storm door. I look up and see, at 8:30 am, a cute little smiling telephone repairman that I had complete forgotten was coming that morning. I am in a ratty kimono with hasn't-seen-a-comb-in-48-hours-hair-do, covered with threads and who knows what is clinging to me and looking like general hell and this guy looks around, looks me up and down and then eyes the morning beer and says......"Wow, you must be in show business!" Bless his little heart. So, I figured that if I hadn't had that beer in my hand he would have thought I was an ill kept hausfrau with lousy housekeeping skills. I say make it a double, Fey! *CLINK* Mein Skol, Dein Skol, Alle Vakkera Flikka Skol.
It's never too early for a tipple nor too late for chocolate. Val
Great story! Thanks for the giggle to start off my day. I'm expecting a repair man in 20 minutes and am still in my robe. I wonder if I should muss up my hair a bit more and go get a beer........ Maybe I'll get dressed instead. Not many show biz types around here. KJ
That's what I was thinking. I do enjoy that hunky alan jackson ; )
I can't figure out why a serger will go nuts once in awhile but it sure is frustrating. Sometimes I just have to walk away from the thing for awhile and give it a break.
Personally, I don't think it's ever too early for a "calming tipple" unless you are searching for one immediately after getting out of bed, LOL. I used to work a night shift, got home at 7:30 a.m., and after a 10-block walk in the Minnesota winter I found that drinking a big cup of hot cocoa with a shot of rum (or even better, peppermint schnapps!) while sitting on the radiator warmed me right through. Now, of course, in Arizona, I don't have that excuse. Now it's a G&T or a glass of pale ale after work that relaxes me. Or just a tall glass of desert wine (otherwise known as water, LOL). Sometimes a cup of tea is the perfect beverage after work, too, especially in the winter.
LOL, Pat. So seldom so you venture in here with a funny. Truth be told, you probably had a mean critter of a serger and we wish you 'd had a sweetheart of one. I have a Bernina serger that does exquisite heirloom stitching and an Elna 945 that's extremely easy-going. I think our Kate D has an entire bouquet of sergers. I don't think you would have much use for one. Speaking of - we saw a demonstration of the new Embellisher at the quilt show. No thread, it just sort of punches pretty things down into wool or felt. Quite interesting but we couldn't think of a way we could use one. Polly
I've had five over the years! All have been excellent, but some are a tad more picky than others. I've never had a problem threading them: once you do it a few times, it's dead easy. You just have to remember to do the threads in the right order.
The two I have right now (a Brother 1034D and a Bernina 1150MDA) are both easy to thread and sew like a dream, so long as I tell them to do the right thing!
I want to play with one of those embellishers, but I don't think I'll ever have enough use for one to make it a permanent fixture. I think and embroidery machine would have to come first.
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