I am using a Bernina sewing machine and the needle will not move up and down. It will go side to side. It stopped while sewing and won't restart. I have checked all of the common troubleshooting things on the machine and none of them worked. The owner of the machine is on vacation in Ireland, so can't ask her. Help!!!I was using the zig zag stich on my machine at the edge of some fraying fabric to prepare for gathering. I had gotten about half way through the piece when the thread frayed and the needle stopped lowering itself to the fabric. Thinking it was just because of the thread, I rethreaded the machine and started to continue. The feed dog works as do the rest of the parts of the machine, but the needle will not go down. I was able to gget it to go down using the needle's hand wheel but it will not engage with the foot pedal.
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