{"id":19755,"date":"2024-11-06T13:24:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T12:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/?p=19755"},"modified":"2024-11-20T21:59:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T20:59:52","slug":"daily_3538_-_new_old_sewing_machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/2024\/11\/06\/daily_3538_-_new_old_sewing_machine\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily: 3538 &#8211; new old sewing machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our lovely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/2015\/02\/17\/daily_152_-_sewing\/\">Bernina sewing machine<\/a> was inherited from Eric&#8217;s mother, and will soon be leaving with Eric.<\/p>\n<p>Every household needs a sewing machine, and I&#8217;d find it difficult to manage without one. Today I found a new sewing machine. Or rather, an old one. Here&#8217;s my new old Husqvarna Automatic 21 A. Shiny and green!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/helen\/blog\/images\/daily_4\/3538_sewing_machine.jpg\" class=\"x6y45\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to one site, this particular model was produced from 1958 to 1961, so it is probably even older than the Bernina. For back-stitching, you press and hold a button on this one, whereas on the Bernina you push the stitch length lever to the opposite side, so you can use both hands while back-stitching. But the Husqvarna is a fancier model, featuring a whole bunch of decorative stitches.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m quite unlikely to use the decorative stitches much. All I want from my sewing machine in terms of features is straight stitches forwards and backwards, and zig-zag. Possibly, maybe, buttonholes.<\/p>\n<p>What I really want is reliability and repairability. I want a stable, solid metal body, and an absolute minimum of plastic components. With care and regular maintenance, this one should keep going for decades yet.<\/p>\n<p>Also it doesn&#8217;t hurt that this cost me only 800 SEK. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our lovely Bernina sewing machine was inherited from Eric&#8217;s mother, and will soon be leaving with Eric. Every household needs a sewing machine, and I&#8217;d find it difficult to manage without one. Today I found a new sewing machine. Or rather, an old one. Here&#8217;s my new old Husqvarna Automatic 21 A. Shiny and green! [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[767,18,799,768,785],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crafts-2","category-dailies","category-divorce","category-photography-2","category-sewing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19756,"href":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19755\/revisions\/19756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}