Hi all,

I’m about to purchase my first overlocker -probably the Juki MO 654 DE, for the curious among you- and i can’t find the answer to one question i have:

How do you choose yarn colors. I’ve heard it say that some use those 4 colors, like the threading guides indicate. And others use only white, i think? Does it have to do with the loopers and needles and what is visible on your fabric?

So, those of you with an overlocker; what do you do? Is it like choosing yarn colors with a regular sewing machine?

And bonus question; do these yarn cones last as long as they would on a sewing machine, or do overlockers consume more yarn per cone?

  • osmacEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    You can use any color you want. Starting with four different colors will help you dial in the tensions. I personally use four rainbow spools, it gives really cool results, and most time overlocked stitches end up either inside or hidden by a top stitch anyway.

    • @PapancaOPEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Ah, good to know. Rainbow spools sound really cool, i will see if i can find them. Thank you for your answer :-)

  • @[email protected]English
    2•1 year ago

    Making them separate colors helps with the troubleshooting, as others have said. Also, the color of the left needle will show on the other side (as much as a regular sewing machine’s would). So in your actual project, you probably just want to rethread the left needle.

    And yeah, overlockers use more thread per inch of sewing than a regular machine would. In my experience though, the cones are a lot bigger than the average spool, more than is proportional.

    • @PapancaOPEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      That makes sense, because i couldn’t yet say what and where those loopers and needles are exactly-though i’m doing my homework and looking at videos about sergers, threading, tips and tricks :-)

      And good to know about the amount of thread they use. I bought some cones yesterday and the amount of thread on a cone is pretty impressive.

      Thanks for your reply!