One of the key features of the 3-needle chain stitch machine is its ability to produce a distinct stitching pattern that combines the benefits of strength and flexibility. Additional features typically include
Salvation came in the form of an unbearably sweet customer service staffer, who apologized for the wait. No surprise: They were slammed. Oxo is out of silicone baking cups; Costco is out of rice; and now this poor woman is getting harangued by sewing groupies like she’s running the Turkey Hotline at 12:37 Thanksgiving afternoon. I wanted to give her a hug through the phone. She passed on all of the info I needed and then my quest continued.
Back home, I loaded the bobbin—a remarkably satisfying process. And talk about a time machine: That electro-mechanical hum transported me to my childhood. I was there, in our extra bedroom, standing as still as a 7-year-old could, my mom fussing with a hem or making an elaborate halloween costume. I was at my grandmother’s, helping her sift through reams and reams of patterns and half-finished projects she’d collected through the years. Memories long dormant took on shape like a cactus awaiting water in the desert.