Originally Posted by Denise S
I have only ever sewn with my knee! My machine is about 40 or 50 years old, and I have had it for 28 years. I am in the market for a new machine to get myself into the 21st century. I know it will take a bit of getting used to to sew with my foot and lift the presser foot with my knee.
Thats how the machines all were when I was a teen and up, the knee peddle drove the machine forward, now the knee lever doesn't power the machine it lifts the foot. I have trouble using it because it seems like my knee is not in a good position to use it.