The most important feature you need for sewing stretchy fabrics, like lycra and swimwear, is “differential feed”. The machine feeds smoothly at all speeds. The high performance motor allows high torque and excellent penetration force even at low speeds, providing a steady and stable force that cna sew through heavyweight fabrics.

I love the colour-coded threading diagrams and stitch illustrations printed on the machine. You won’t need your manual every time you thread it. Provides a wonderful professional seam finish, helps prevent loosely woven fabrics from unraveling, and offers unlimited decorative capabilities. A favorite when sewing a knitted fabric...so the stitch stretches as the fabric stretches providing a strong and professional finish that will not "pop" when the fabric is stretched. They’re built with stronger metals, fewer plastic components, stronger motors, and better manufacturing.

Beginners Guide to Overlockers.

The inclusion of the adjustable pressure presser foot makes this a great machine to work with, no matter what your crafting project is. Simply slide a lever to easily change the machine for rolled hemming. There is no need to change the stitch blade. Converting to the Rolled Hem sewing mode is effortless. An easy access lever moves the stitch finger in position for rolled hemming.

A favourite when sewing a knit fabric because the stitch stretches as the fabric stretches providing a strong and professional finish that will not “pop” when the fabric is stretched. With the durable stainless steel bedplate, fabric will glide smoothly over the machine’s surface without leaving any scratches.

There are colour-coded threading diagrams and stitch illustrations printed on the machine. This saves you from looking through your manual constantly. It has a free arm, waste bin, and 2 features I don’t see often at this price: tiltable needles, and a built-in “2 thread converter”. These are small conveniences that make replacing the needles and switching to 2 thread stitches easier. Phone calls with salespeople at Frank Nutt Sewing Machines Ltd and Gur Enterprise (UK) LTD trading as GUR Sewing Machines on 3 Sep. 2020. Phone calls with salespeople at sewingmachinesales.co.uk, Frank Nutt Sewing Machines Ltd, Gur Enterprise (UK) LTD trading as GUR Sewing Machines, and Lords Sew-Knit Centre on 27 Feb. 2020. Singer has thought of everthing, even the SE017 lint brush has been designed with precision, it has a needle location hole to help when insert new needles, its is built in to the lint brush handle, clever!