Woohoo Claire Bear! *Waves and claps in support* 😀 That’s brilliant news.
I’m sorry you had such a bad reaction to your first jab too. I hope the next one will not be so dramatic.
I’ve used an overlocker and found that it can be useful for the first side seams, but the threads need to be finished off by hand or the seams start to come undone. (Or maybe I’m not good at using an overlocker.) Now the darned thing needs re-threading – a task I haven’t tried before, that keeps getting put off, for some reason.. 🙁
I have used handcranks many times and have a few just because they are lovely things.
We find that they are essential if you want to sew in a field (or a tent) with no electricity supply.
A handcrank makes a useful talking point – people come to you or your stall to talk about how they used to help their Granny / Aunty / Mother by winding the handle. You can usually give them a morsbag when they’ve run out of memories to share!
Handcranks are good for children or novices to try out (carefully supervised) as the machine can’t run away with you. Everything happens quite slowly and it’s easy to understand action and result.
Do you need one? No. The disadvantages are that they are slow and temperamental compared to modern machines.
Advantages are that they are talking points, a link with the past, can be very pretty.
What do other morsbaggers think?
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