Embroidering machine

Abstract

Control data such as data designating the order of changing color of thread, conversion parameter designating reducing or enlarging of an embroidery design and data designating the number of repetitions of the same design are set to desired states and these control data are stored in a memory in correspondence to storage of stitch data of a desired embroidery design. By designating a desired embroidery design when this embroidery design should be embroidered, the control data sorted in correspondence to this design are read from the memory and controlling of the embroidering operation and changing of stitch data are made in accordance with the read out data. When stitch data of an embroidery design is input from an external memory device to an internal memory device, stitch data of plural embroidery designs can be combined into stitch data of a single embroidery design and this combined stitch data can be stored in the internal memory device. Further, for editing the embroidery design, running of the embroidering machine can be temporarily stopped at a desired stitch during running for actual embroidering operation to change the operation mode to an embroidery design data editing mode while confirming an actually embroidered design pattern. During this temporary stopping, data editing processing such as changing, deletion or insertion of stitch data at the desired stitch is executed.

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