German is a wonderful language. It has word constructs like "fahrvergnügen" and "schadenfreude." And I suspect it has a word which I do not know that means "I hate being right
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I want to know if there's a word in German for 'the sewing machine gods hate me'. My Janome is driving me nuts. How did you learn to do all this fixy stuff for yours? I can't figure out how to fix this one.
In this case I was 80% just following the instructions in the manual. But beyond that there are plenty of resources online for fixing vintage sewing machines. I'm on two mailing lists - Vintage Singers, which is dedicated to Singers, and We Fix It, which is far less brand specific. There are also groups like Treadle On, which focuses on treadle machines, and ISMACS, which focuses far more on collecting than on repairing, but still has some very useful stuff. And, of course, there are hundreds of blogs and YouTube entries dedicated to repairing and using sewing machines.
Basically, start by googling your sewing machine and seeing what comes up. Because whatever problems you're having, it's almost certain that someone else on the internet has had them too, and maybe has posted their solutions.
THank you, thank you, thank you. :D (The current problem si that something is misaligned or something and the thread gets all loopy and tangled on the underside of the fabric- it's not machine specific but I don't know how to fix it...)
Tension problems are the first thing that comes to mind. Is the machine threaded correctly? Are the upper thread tension disks putting tension on the thread? Or, more likely the cause, is the bobbin threaded correctly? I would double-check any diagrams in your manual just to be sure it's not something like spooling off the bobbin in the wrong direction or something. Or just not going through the bobbin tensioner, maybe.
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Basically, start by googling your sewing machine and seeing what comes up. Because whatever problems you're having, it's almost certain that someone else on the internet has had them too, and maybe has posted their solutions.
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