Originally Posted by
Cari-in-Oly
I'd assumed Cari had been using auto correct on a phone
I use the thread cutter only when I've left the thread snips at the other side of the room, and yes the cutter never works very well.
Even if you use it and it works as well as it can, you're still left with a dog-eared bit of thread,and if it comes out of the needle for any reason (like you haven't noticed the thread bar is quite low), you'll have to reach for the snips anyway so you can re-thread it. My latest 201 didn't come with one, and I haven't really missed it. Hmm... now I'm thinking blu-tack the snips case to the machine or tie them on the machine somewhere. Those ones listed second in pocoellie's URL are $1.50 at my local shop, and I buy them three at a time when I go to the shop: When demonstrating a machine, I'll use them and if the buyer hasn't seen them before, they always love them and I let them have the snips with the machine. Such a cheap but amazingly useful tool.