Carolyn D'Agostino, my fiber artist/lawyer friend from Albany, found this beauty and offered it to me for wool. I said sure, as I am sewing on another old Singer that I absolutely adore. She brought it to me at NY State Sheep and Wool, in a little rusty Radio Flyer wagon. Matt just got the new cord it needed for me and we fired her up. The sewing machine repair guy in Syracuse says the 201K is the best machine Singer ever made, with all stainless steel parts. He said it will go through anything I can fit under the presser foot. I have a bag somewhere that I couldn't finish because my machine wouldn't go through the thick tapestry. I will be able to finish it now. Isn't it nice that this lovely machine was made in Great Britain, and not in the other hemisphere? The Singer guy also said that whenever he gets one of these machines they sell immediately. I'm not surprised - it is one heavy duty machine, and didn't cost me a thousand or so dollars. I'll keep my "other Singer" up with white thread to sew my Bundaflicka Designs labels on. I'm sure this beauty and I will live happily ever after.
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