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With today’s modern machines and software, there is almost no excuse for this one, but it still happens all the time. The first key is to ensure that the hoop is large enough to contain the design. Some embroidery software, such as Tajima DGML By Pulse, will allow you to display a life size image of different sized embroidery hoops over the on-screen view of the design. This will permit you to verify that the design really does fit the hoop. So why not just choose the largest hoop in collection for all occasions?
First of all, it won’t fit for every application. It would be impossible to hoop a sleeve with a 30X30cm hoop. Second, you want to always use the smallest hoop possible to ensure proper support of the garment being sewn. Using a large hoop for a small logo tends to lead to puckering and poor quality.
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After ensuring that you have the proper sized hoop, you must then guarantee it is centered around the selected needle. When looking at a multi-needle machine directly from the front, it’s easy to mis-identify the currently selected needle. The selected needle has nothing to do with the first color of the design, rather it’s the one that is physically lined up to the sewing drive system. If we think number 4 needle is the selected one and center the hoop around it while needle 5 was actually the selected needle, then a hoop crash is probably in our immediate future. The best practice is to always manually select needle one before centering the hoop. This will get you into a rhythm of doing the right thing every time, which will eliminate the hoop crashing episodes. Words of wisdom:
A. Don’t assume, when running the same design over and over, that the machine will always return to hoop center upon completion. Over several runs it may drift, so keep checking your measurements to ensure the hoop remains centered around the selected needle.
B. If you have a trace function, use it. Just remember that with most machines, it traces a box that shows the extreme boundaries for the logo, not the true outlines of the design.
C. Some logos are wider at the top than the bottom. When using a round hoop, this could spell trouble. You may need to offset the hoop from the center point to make sure everything fits within the confines of the hoop.
Award-winning author and international speaker Jimmy Lamb has over 15 years of embroidery experience as well as 10 years of professional digitizing experience (as a business owner). Currently, he is the Director of Training and Education for Hirsch International Corp., where he has been instrumental in developing their educational seminars.
