Reading a lot of the embroidery information, knits take a lot of work to get right… so naturally as my second/third embroidery attempts I decided to play with knits.
The items I am experimenting with are for an experimental pattern themselves so there isn’t a worry about messing up.
This was a free pattern. I backed the pure cotton knit with a heavy interfacing and put a ball point needle into the machine. It took a while to get the hoop nice and tight but not stretched. Next time I think I need to get a slightly heavier interfacing as it was still very thin. I started with tension setting 3 and tried increasing it but that made the bobbin show more so I went down to just under 2 which worked a lot better. Tight close stitches are not suited to knits and the machine got stuck at the top of the left trunk ripping the fabric a little. The machine seems to cope better with horizontal stitches over vertical stitches. Once I get the software I will be able to trial a few stitch combinations.
Again a free pattern all on the under 2 tension. I’vd discovered I have to initially hold the bobbin thread to prevent the thread coming through as seen with the white tipped spine. The other white bits in this piece were when the top thread unhooked from the first tension holder, something I will have to watch and work out how to prevent.