Well phooey, I was really hoping that this one, being a hand crank, would be easy for her to use.
The modern plastic battery powered one I bought for her at Joann's was a complete piece of poop... and LOUD as all get out.
I have plans of cleaning up my Great-Grandmother's Singer 15 treadle head and adding the "bolt-on" hand crank attachment for her to learn on.
I just thought that the little machine wouldn't be as intimidating.
I have a pristine 1923 model 99 hand crank, but don't feel all that comfortable letting her learn on it!