So during covid, I started a new hobby, sewing. Mostly to make masks, but that turned into making other stuff... But that is not the point.
After another afternoon spent trying to finish a project, I have decided we have been using "Runs like a sewing machine" all wrong...
Runs like a sewing machine should = cantankerous, temperamental, often does not work for no apparent reason, when it does work, often sounds like a gravel truck with a bad transmission and a thrown rod. IF, by rare chance, it runs right, it WILL go wrong again soon, often for no apparent reason.
After fighting the machine for an hour, I swapped bobbins, and it purred smooth... Go figure, I have been running those bobbins for ages, most of them work fine, but that one must have been off spec. Then, about five minutes later, the needle broke (again)... Grr...
Oh, as a side note, if you engage conversation with the old lady at the sewing machine shop, the conversation that follows is remarkably similar to one that you might have with the racer dude at the hobby shop, just with different vernacular...
Jerry
After another afternoon spent trying to finish a project, I have decided we have been using "Runs like a sewing machine" all wrong...
Runs like a sewing machine should = cantankerous, temperamental, often does not work for no apparent reason, when it does work, often sounds like a gravel truck with a bad transmission and a thrown rod. IF, by rare chance, it runs right, it WILL go wrong again soon, often for no apparent reason.
After fighting the machine for an hour, I swapped bobbins, and it purred smooth... Go figure, I have been running those bobbins for ages, most of them work fine, but that one must have been off spec. Then, about five minutes later, the needle broke (again)... Grr...
Oh, as a side note, if you engage conversation with the old lady at the sewing machine shop, the conversation that follows is remarkably similar to one that you might have with the racer dude at the hobby shop, just with different vernacular...
Jerry
