11
Threading the Machine
To set the needle thread:
Raise the presser foot.
Turn the hand wheel to raise the thread take-up lever to
its highest position.
z
Draw the thread from the spool and pass it under the
thread guide.
q
Thread guide
x
Draw the thread down along the right channel and pull
it up around the bottom of the thread guide plate.
Pull the thread up along the left channel.
w
Right channel
e
Thread guide plate
r
Left channel
c
Firmly draw the thread from right to left over the
thread take-up lever and down into the take-up lever
eye.
t
Thread take-up lever
v
Draw the thread down along the left channel and slip
the thread behind the needle bar thread guide from
the left.
y
Needle bar thread guide
b
Pass the thread through the needle eye from the front.
w
q
z
x
c
v
b
e
r
t
y
