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Raise the presser foot.
Press the Up/Down needle
button to raise the thread
take-up lever to its highest
position.
Threading the Machine
1 Draw the thread from the spool. Hold the upper
thread at the spool with your finger.
q
Hold the thread
2 Slip the thread under the thread guide from the
right and down along the right channel.
Be sure that the thread passes between the
tension disks.
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Thread guide
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Right channel
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Tension disks
3 Then draw the thread around the bottom of the
thread guide plate.
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Thread guide plate
4 Firmly draw the thread up along the left channel
to the take-up lever and down into its eye from the
right to the left.
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Thread take-up lever
5 Then down through the lower thread guide.
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Lower thread guide
6 Slide the thread behind the needle bar thread guide
on the left.
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Needle bar thread guide
Thread the needle from front to back by hand or
use the built-in needle threader (see page 26).
