Skipped stitches

Well, I can't produce new stories for the blog while my thumb is splinted.  (I really am surprised at how much it hurts today,  four days post injury).  Instead I will tell the story of the Singer 222.

 We had two machines to service on Saturday.  One was a White Jeans Machine.  The other was the 222.  We started on the Jeans machine.  When we got that pretty clean but had more tension work to do, we gave it a rest and went to the 222.

It was pretty dirty.  The feed dogs were "all stoved up"

And had  a really impressive thread lock

Singer 222

1955 Singer 222K

Well, I had always heard about these machines.  I have seen photos on eBay, of course.  I didn't imagine that I would ever see one in the "metal." 

It is an adorable machine.  I imagine that it has some advantages over the 221.  But I prefer bigger free arms for my sewing.  There are plenty of better machines for the money (a Bernina comes to mind) so, now that I have seen one, had my fling and gotten over it, I think I will save my pennies for a Bernina 730 or 830.  If I am going to have an expensive free arm (aside from the computerized Husqvarna I own) I want a Bernina.