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I had a White sewing machine that sewed knits extremely well in spite of its gutlessness. A Kenmore 158.1341 was one of my attempted replacements. It was okay with knit seams but when I beat it into making a twin needle hem, the result wasn't pretty. That's my only complaint about 158's, they don't make great looking stitches. I also had the Kenmore 158.1040, the little one, and it sewed knits better, though I never tried to do a twin needle hem with it because I'd never heard of such a thing then. It's interesting about your machine. It's the first in the series of the 6, 8, 10, and 12 stitch machines and perhaps for that reason it was made in Japan, which is always a sign of high quality in a Kenmore. It also has steel gears, so I would not look at replacing a fairly portable all-metal gem. Maybe you'd want to augment it, if that proves necessary. As long as you have space, it can be handy to have two machines. But it can take time to learn how to sew knits on many machines. If the Q foot doesn't work, the next option is an old fashion knit foot: https://www.ebay.com/itm/143063900873?_skw=vintage+knit+sewng+machine+foot&itmmeta=01KTDAA15C2Q3QJFK After that, a walking foot. This one fit for someone in the archive with a 10 stitch, 158.13500, so it would fit for your machine: https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Quilt-P60444-Sewing-Machines/dp/B0758K3Z3C Also, if someone failed to mention it, mess with your foot pressure. Most knits like light pressure, but there can always be an outlier.