When working with a twin needle, all you need to do is first check the size on the package.
This one is 2.5.
The first thing I'm going to do is, I'm going to go into the set menu and actually tell
it what size of twin needle I'm using.
Twin needle and 2.5.
Notice all the options there, from 6.0 down to 1.6.
When I touch OK, you are going to notice that every stitch I pick will be pictured just
like it's going to sew.
When you actually pick some of these stitches, they're going to look kind of cool even just
to start with.
Even the utility stitches are going to look fantastic.
This is one of my favorites because it just has some fun with itself.
As you go ... ooh, I haven't seen that one before.
As you can see, it's pretty exciting.
So if you have stitched out all of your decorative stitches all ready, why not put a twin needle
in and go stitch them out again because they are going to look totally different.
Again, impressing your friends, this is an easy way to do it.
Once I have set the machine up, I am guaranteed not to accidentally overstep the boundaries
of the foot.
That's why we want to set that twin needle function.
What it does is limit the setting.
So right now, where it says 4.5 on this, I cannot make it any bigger.
Remember, the max is 7 mm minus 2.5, is actually 4.5.
Now when we threaded this machine, I don't know which side of the tension disc I went
in, so I'm going to go ahead and remove my thread, add my second color up here.
You can do a thread stand or just add it up here.
What I am going to do is take both of these colors.
Why not, pink and purple, every little girl's favorite color combination.
We're going to go ahead and thread them.
As soon as I get right here, I'm going to separate them in my hands.
It doesn't matter which one, but you will notice there is a little metal fin in here.
Put one thread on the right and one thread on the left.
Put those threads back together in one hand and finish threading the machine.
When you get down to the bottom, it actually does not matter which thread goes in which
needle.
The only thing that does matter is, can you see the needle eyes to thread them manually,
because the needle threader is not set up to thread for a twin needle.
So either get a hand held needle threader or, if you have a Husqvarna Viking serger,
often times the needle threader came in those machines.
Those are nice and sometimes used over here.
There we go.
Slide that underneath.
This is what we are talking about.
When you are working with a decorative stitch, you are going to get a fabulous combination.
The 2 colors you pick, every time you pick another color, you've stitched the same stitch,
it's going to look a little different.
We'll just add this to our little sampler here.
Let's do this stitch.
It doesn't look like I've done one.
We should be good to go here.
Sometimes what I'll do is just serge a little bit slower as I kind of get used to and kind
of make sure my machine is all set up for the way I'm working.
I like the way it's stitching right now, so I can go ahead and stitch a little bit here.
How about for fun, I'm going to just randomly pick ... I tend to pick stitches that are
a little bit more open, a little bit lacy, and that are along that line.
Even just a simple scallop or some of these fun little guys here are going to look fantastic.
By the way, those will stitch out very fast because they are a longer stitch.
A stitch length of 20 per stitch.
Now it just looks like I have a calligraphy pen.
You can go ahead and use the thread cutter.
It will work with the twin needle and we'll see what we get here.
See what I mean about stitching out all your stitches.
You are going to get a different look.
If you put in a different size of twin needle, your stitches are going to look a little bit
different from there.
So have some fun, impress your friends, try out some variegated threads, and wow.
These stitches are fabulous.
Ever see a triple needle?
Now you can stitch them all a third time too.