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Knee Lift - when do you use yours? is it primarily for piecing/quilting?
schmammy   Intermediate TX USA Member since 12/5/06 Posts: 475	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 7/15/12 12:52 PM I don't quilt, yet (as I get older I've learned to add that qualifier), and I've never used a knee lift. Since I am sewing pretty much daily (ahhhhh...retirement), am I missing something by not using the knee lift? I get the idea of freeing both hands for sewing. Hmm...maybe I just need to attach it and try it for a few weeks! ------ Indecision may or may not be my problem. -Jimmy Buffet http://chihuahuaonmylap.blogspot.com/
Maia B   Advanced Beginner IL USA Member since 10/27/10 Posts: 3514	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 7/15/12 1:53 PM I use it for all sewing, now that I have it, especially pivoting. ------ 🌸 Plenty of machines, mostly Berninas 🌸
heathergwo Advanced Beginner CA USA Member since 11/14/11 Posts: 766	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 7/15/12 2:03 PM OMG! It's SO AWESOME!!! I don't sew quilts either. I sew garments and bags and I LOVE my knee lift! When I got my new sm that has it, I thought that I'd give it a try, but I didn't think I'd use it that much. Boy, was I wrong!! I LOVE that feature and now it's a MUST HAVE! Can you tell by my CAPS that I LOVE IT and you MUST get one RIGHT NOW ;-) ------ Brother Innovis 1250D Singer Curvy 8763 Brother 1034D Janome 385.19606 Brother 2340CV
horsegirl   Intermediate MI USA Member since 11/18/07 Posts: 288	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 7/15/12 2:07 PM I have one for my Babylock, and I attached it a couple weeks ago. I found it uncomfortable for me, and I couldn't adjust the height of my chair to accommodate both the pedal and the knee lift. My legs are too short, apparently! Now that I think about it, I probably should have skipped the knee pedal and used the control function on the head instead. Hmm. Hard to change old habits, I guess. ------ My Years of Sewing Fearlessly Babylock Decorator's Choice Babylock Quilter's Choice Babylock Sashiko Babylock Imagine Babylock Coverstitch Singer 500a "Rocketeer" Janome 673 Elna Lotus SP Singer 27 treadle Singer 99
misskira Member since 3/3/12 Posts: 119	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 7/15/12 2:35 PM I like it any time my hands are busy. Especially for working with elastic or shifty layers. -- Edited on 7/15/12 2:35 PM --
ilesliemy   Advanced TX USA Member since 2/25/05 Posts: 758	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 7/15/12 2:41 PM I use mine for all sewing. It takes a while for it to become automatic but watch out! I was taking a class on another brand of machine than mine and had no knee lift. I kept swinging my leg out to the right to raise my pressure foot. One time I did it so vigorously that I nearly fell off the chair. On my machines using it also lowers the feed dogs which makes it easier to start something bulky ( like jeans hems or purses) and also easier to remove your project. It also gives you some extra height so I think it is really worthwhile to use it. Leslie ------ Bernina Gal
Seamin in LA Intermediate CA Member since 7/24/11 Posts: 14	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 7/15/12 2:58 PM I bought a new machine last yr, and the Bernina instructor really encouraged us to use it (it was totally new to me). Anyway she said there was a study which proved you could be 30% more productive (I won't swear I recall the exact %) and it does I think speed things up and help with accuracy. Now it is a habit.
Michelle T Intermediate BC CANADA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 4191	Login to reply to this post In reply to schmammy << Like this post Date: 7/15/12 3:10 PM I use my knee lift all the time. I am primarily a garment sewer, but have been working on a quilt and using it for that too. I found it especially useful when making bras and needing both hands free to hold the small pieces. ------ Proud parent of a Dwight International School Honour Roll Student
dresscode   Advanced FL USA Member since 7/28/04 Posts: 2477	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 7/15/12 3:24 PM I have one for my Berninas. It does not hit my leg so I have to raise my thigh up a bit to use.....my surface is pretty low even.... I use it but could live without.
wendyrb   Advanced CA Member since 12/30/11 Posts: 1486	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 7/15/12 3:30 PM I've only sewed on machines that have a knee lift and that's my plan for the duration! It's part of my normal flow and I find it hard to sew on machines without it. My 2 hands are always able to do what I need on the cloth or off. I remove pins, or grab them, adjust a setting, lift the cloth and just feel how things are going. I'm a physical sewer and sometimes hold things with a wrist, forearm or elbow and use all the muscles in my body. The knee lifter helps in that and seems so ergonomically sound. My first job out of design school, I worked in a a local designer's small factory. Those industrial machines had knee lifters and it definitely sped production. Try it for a while to get into a groove with it- I think you'll love it too! ------ Sometimes she didn't always follow the recipe. Pfonzie- my honey Pfaff Creative Performance, Bernina 930 and 830, Evolution serger.

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