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Threading the Machine
Press the needle up/down button to raise the take-up lever
to the highest position.
Press the lockout key to lockout the machine. The presser
foot will go down and the upper thread tension disks will
open.
q
Lockout key
Pass the thread in the order from
z
to
m
.
z
Hold the thread with both hands and pass the thread
into the guide slot.
w
Guide slot
x
Draw the thread to the left and around the corner of
the guide toward you.
Pull the thread along the right channel.
e
Corner of the guide
r
Right channel
c
Draw the thread down along the right channel and
around the bottom of the thread guide plate.
Pull the thread up along the left channel.
r
Right channel
t
Thread guide plate
y
Left channel
v
While holding the thread at the spool, firmly draw the
thread up and to the back of the take-up lever. Draw
the thread forward to draw it into the eye of the take-up
lever.
u
Eye of the take-up lever
b
Then pull the thread down along the left channel
and through the lower thread guide.
i
Lower thread guide
n
Slide the thread behind the needle bar thread guide
from the left.
o
Needle bar thread guide
m
Thread the needle with the needle threader (refer to
the next page).
z
x
q
c
v
b
m
n
x
c
v
b
m
n
e
w
z
r
r
t
y
u
o
i
Janome 12000 Sewing Machine Instruction Manual
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12000 Owners Manual/ User Guide
