Mostly cooking, but some other things too. This is one of those things. I wanted to make some simple chiffon scarves since I couldn't find any the right colors, weight, etc. Out comes the serger so I could make blind hems. To make the hems the pitch, the feed, three of the tensions all have to be adjusted. The plate and the pressure foot are taken off & replaced with a differant plate and foot. AND THE RIGHT NEEDLE HAS TO BE REMOVED. This is only a big deal if you can't find the tiny little metric allen wrench needed to remove it. Three hours, three complete sets of allen wrenches, about 13 loose wrenches and a whole lot of frustation later I found B's new unopened tool set that had the tiny metric wrench I needed. Then the tension wouldn't adjust properly on two dials, because they were broken. About that time, I got a blinding migraine, turned off the lights and gave up for the evening. The next morning I combined the two broken dials, so I ended up with one broken one & put it the dial spot for the needle I wasn't using. It still took some time to get all the adjustments correct, but I finally did. I got 4 scarves out of the experience and I figure that if I count my time they only cost me about $65 each.
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