Local sewing machine service shops

Janome and Brother onsite: http://www.sewuniquefabrics.com/sewingmachineservices.html 

Says it does all types. The south hills mall location confirmed for on site service and repair http://www.carolinasewnvac.com/contact.htm

Manual service cost ~$80
bring in peddle, bobbin, and foot

Archie Johnson & Sons – has no website 

2323 Lake Wheeler Rd
Raleigh, North Carolina 27603

Phone(919) 833-2791
Hours:
Mon – Thu:10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sat:10:00 am – 2:00 pm

inmysewingbox:

podkins:

This is a brilliant little DIY idea found over at the blog Primitive Spirit. Hint for knitting a repeated pattern – How To instructions via the link.  Would work just as easily for Crochet Patterns as well.

Great tip for knitting or crochet!!

khampheng:

neighborhood-budding-psychopath:

I’m too cheap (poor) to buy stitch counters for my projects, so I dug out some old safety pins and scrap yarn for make shift markers. If there’s anything I’m good at, it’s macgyvering bull shit solutions.

I see that you pulled out the d6 and paperclip for this one.

fully honest, i just use a long scrap of yarn and stick it between stitches. Depending on the length I weave it through (like just pull it up between the stitches as I go and not actually move the full piece) and I find that works perfectly well as a stitch marker, and you can just count the rows from where it starts or something