Wonderful sewing machine Joe. By the looks of her she is related (kissin cousin?) to my Universal Zig Zag. I think that perhaps if you cannot find a manual for your Alden you should create one. I think I may have to do that with the Universal Super Zig Zag. I have been fiddling her knobs and buttons and for the life of me cannot figure out how to get the knob to turn that creates the decorative stitches.