Turn it down to keep the fabric from gathering or puckering.

The four dials on the front are your story's "balancing act." Standard setting: Start with all dials at 4 .

You must thread the "Loopers" (the metal arms inside) before the needles. If you do it out of order, the threads will tangle and snap immediately.

The S0105 uses 2, 3, or 4 threads . To begin, you must follow the color-coded paths—usually Blue, Red, Green, and Yellow.

Turn it up to prevent the fabric from becoming "wavy."