Hi all,

I’m about to purchase my first overlocker -probably the Juki MO 654 DE, for the curious among you- and i can’t find the answer to one question i have:

How do you choose yarn colors. I’ve heard it say that some use those 4 colors, like the threading guides indicate. And others use only white, i think? Does it have to do with the loopers and needles and what is visible on your fabric?

So, those of you with an overlocker; what do you do? Is it like choosing yarn colors with a regular sewing machine?

And bonus question; do these yarn cones last as long as they would on a sewing machine, or do overlockers consume more yarn per cone?

  • osmac@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    You can use any color you want. Starting with four different colors will help you dial in the tensions. I personally use four rainbow spools, it gives really cool results, and most time overlocked stitches end up either inside or hidden by a top stitch anyway.

    • Papanca@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Ah, good to know. Rainbow spools sound really cool, i will see if i can find them. Thank you for your answer :-)

  • slinkywranglerEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Making them separate colors helps with the troubleshooting, as others have said. Also, the color of the left needle will show on the other side (as much as a regular sewing machine’s would). So in your actual project, you probably just want to rethread the left needle.

    And yeah, overlockers use more thread per inch of sewing than a regular machine would. In my experience though, the cones are a lot bigger than the average spool, more than is proportional.

    • Papanca@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      That makes sense, because i couldn’t yet say what and where those loopers and needles are exactly-though i’m doing my homework and looking at videos about sergers, threading, tips and tricks :-)

      And good to know about the amount of thread they use. I bought some cones yesterday and the amount of thread on a cone is pretty impressive.

      Thanks for your reply!