You cannot use anything magnet near the computerized machines. I keep my magnetic pin dish on my ironing/cutting board to the right of my sewing cabinet.
Since a QB member indicates times have changed, I will make a call to Viking/Husquevarna as I had been instructed to keep magnets away from my machine back in 1996.
Just did a search & the sites I've found so far still say to avoid magnets with computerized machines
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