What is a walking foot? (with a video!!!)

I made a video about my walking foot! I'm telling you, it's superduper hard to make a good video, but I tried it anyway, JUST FOR YOU. I can't watch this one without cringing a little, so please don't judge. First I had to fight the overwhelming urge to use the word "UM" repeatedly (but, I lost that one). It's also something of a miracle I managed to talk in more than one continuous run-on sentence of sound. And then finally, is that really what I sound like? GAH.

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I figured some of you probably had no idea what a walking foot was, and there's been alot of talk about it lately here with all of the knit posts (particularly in this post about hemming knits). It turns out that a walking foot is also really great for quilting (or any sewing where you need less presser foot pressure) as it helps prevent the multiple layers from sliding around, but it's also nice to have when you're sewing knits.

OK, nuf talk, here's the video:

And a direct link, just in case you're not seeing that on your screen: http://vimeo.com/36641514

{This post is part of a series of posts about sewing with knits designed to empower you to go sew some knits! See more right here}