Originally Posted by
Sheri.a
In high school Home Ec the sewing machines had a knee lift instead of a foot control. I have tried to use the knee lift on my Janome and my old brain keeps kicking in-- I want to use it to control the speed.
So in the drawer it went.
I love my Janome!
I just bought a vintage Kenmore that has the knee speed controller too. I can actually use that easier than the lift on the Janome, I think it's because it's deeper in the cabinet so it's truly at my knee, rather than somewhere up on my thigh. Though I think I'm grateful I don't have any built-in habits from using the Janome lift bar, it's probably made it less confusing to switch between machines.
I keep that lever, though. If I ever break an arm I might need it for one-handed sewing!