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CHOOSING AND USING NOTIONS TIPS
Shed Light on Serger Threading and Cleaning
I've discovered that a backpacker's headlamp makes great hands-free illumination for dark, tight places, like inside a serger. A headlamp consists of a strap headband that holds a tiny, very bright lamp on the forehead; the light therefore aims where you're looking. By using a headlamp I can see the dust and lint in my serger when I clean and the path when I'm threading.
Wear a backpacker's headlamp
to shed light inside a machine.
You can buy headlamps at good backpacking stores, or from mail-order sources such as www.campmor.com. Headlamps cost from $10 to $50, and the lightweight, less-expensive versions are all you need for this purpose.
-- Margaret-Ann Ellis
Adapted from Tips department, Threads magazine, December 2004/January 2005 (#116), p. 16; drawing: Carol Ruzicka.
© 2004 The Taunton Press, Inc.
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